Advanced Custom Fields is an amazing plugin that I have been using for a while. It makes it so easy to build extra fields for WordPress sites. So, when the custom blocks feature came out, I just had to try. Here is the first block I built to display a post from a custom post […]
Updated: 4/26/2019 wp_dropdown_categories displays the WordPress categories in a nice drop down. You can choose to display the parent and child categories in a hierarchy. Using Ajax, it is simple to display the child categories based on the selected parent category. I wrote the WP Category Dropdown plugin to make it easy to add this […]
Many WordPress themes and plugins come with some demo data (posts and pages) which the users can install when they activate the plugin. These WordPress posts and pages are designed to give the users a head start on setting up the theme or plugin and give them some readily available dummy data to play with. […]
WordPress provides many different ways to customize your site. You can build a custom theme that is unique to your site or you can use an existing theme and tweak it to suit your needs and style. In all these years of working with WordPress, I have had countless occasions when I had to add […]
I have been a freelancer working from home for over 4 years. It gives me the flexibility I need, but is also very challenging. I constantly have to wear many hats as a freelancer. Add being a mom and working from home to that and life becomes a juggling field. Managing my time effectively is […]
A couple of weeks ago, on our way back from the beach, we decided to go to an Indian restaurant for dinner. We wanted to try a new place. So, I started googling for restaurants near us and started checking out the ones that we could try. I wanted to check out their menu to […]
Gutenberg has made building page layouts really easy. There are a number of advantages of the block editor. Here I am going to focus more on the types of blocks available to build beautiful page layouts. The core blocks are in themselves enough to build page layouts without depending on the theme templates. The block […]
WordPress is used to power many small businesses because it is relatively simple to set up and use. Once you have proper systems in place, WordPress makes it very easy for you to run your business. If you are a small business owner, I am sure you use your website to let the world know […]
One of the cool features of Gutenberg is reusable blocks. These are custom blocks that can be created while you are writing your post. You can save them and can re-use them later in another blog post or a page. It is very simple to create a reusable block. Where can I use reusable blocks? […]