Hands-on WordPress development guides for theme builders, plugin developers, and site administrators. From first steps to advanced customization.
Start with the template hierarchy, learn to properly enqueue scripts and styles, and understand WordPress hooks. You’ll find guides on custom post types, custom taxonomies, advanced custom fields (acf), child themes, and wp-cli.
Your AI coding assistant is smart, but blind. It can write code, refactor functions, and explain complex logic. It just can’t see your project files outside the editor, check your GitHub PRs, read library docs, or run a Lighthouse audit. [...]
You’ve seen the demos. Someone types a sentence, and a full web app appears in minutes. Base44 became one of the breakout vibe-coding products, especially after Wix acquired it in June 2025. Bolt, Lovable, and v0 all promise the same [...]
The Contact Form 7 plugin is one of the most popular form builders for WordPress. One feature users frequently look for is redirecting to a thank-you page after a successful form submission. In most cases, the reason for a redirect [...]
Tailwind CSS v4 is a ground-up rewrite of the framework with a completely new installation process. If you used Tailwind v3 in a WordPress theme before, forget everything you knew about tailwind.config.js and @tailwind directives – v4 replaces all of [...]
One of the most powerful features of WordPress is the WP_Query. It is the query that determines which content is displayed and on which page. You will often want to modify this query to fit your specific needs, for example: [...]
Theme Code Pro is a powerful companion plugin for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). It automatically generates the exact PHP code you need to display your custom fields in your theme templates, saving time, reducing errors, and streamlining your development workflow. [...]
WP Rocket is a great plugin to speed up your WordPress site. One of its features, named “Load JavaScript Deferred”, helps speed up your site by delaying the loading of JavaScript files until after the main content is displayed. However, [...]
If you’re using BeeHiiv for email newsletters and want full control over how users subscribe from your WordPress site, you can skip third-party plugins and create your own custom solution. This is exactly how I use it on my site, [...]
The Group field in ACF allows you to organize multiple sub-fields under a single parent, making your WordPress admin cleaner and your field logic more maintainable. It’s perfect for grouping related fields, especially when working with complex layouts or custom [...]
The Repeater field in ACF is one of the most powerful and flexible tools for developers building custom WordPress interfaces. It allows you to create structured, repeatable data blocks, ideal for things like testimonials, FAQs, image galleries, and more. Think [...]
Starting with WordPress 6.3, the way we handle script loading in themes and plugins received a modern upgrade. In this post, we’ll explain the new 'strategy' argument, how it complements or replaces 'in_footer', and how to use both properly for [...]
Tailwind CSS is a powerful utility-first framework, but its real magic begins when you customize the configuration to match your project’s unique needs. In WordPress themes, the tailwind.config.js file becomes the central place to define your design system, from colors [...]