February 13, 2024 — One of the biggest advantages of using WordPress is installing and utilizing plugins to extend the functionality of your website. This lesson will explore how to search, review, and install the right plugins to meet your needs.

February 13, 2024 — This one-hour session explores how JavaScript is used in modern WordPress development. Whether you’re just beginning your WordPress journey, or if you’re already familiar with development and looking to stay updated with the latest techniques, this talk will equip you with the knowledge and practical tools to effectively build your own custom blocks and Editor extensions.

Links shared in the talk are available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14hfp9Pe2bEzRTQLcoYTcmuD5WshIs6BS40O_UeDkqvA/edit

February 13, 2024 — In this presentation, Karthick Murugan has explained the Gutenberg blocks, what are static blocks and dynamic blocks, how to create a simple static block, and tools that can help to create these blocks.

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February 12, 2024 — This lesson will explore integrating media or external content into your website. This will be achieved by utilizing embed blocks, the HTML block, and the direct insertion of pertinent URLs onto your site.

February 12, 2024 — In this lesson, we will create and customize a header and footer using the patterns provided by our theme.

February 10, 2024 — In this week’s live stream, I attempted, unsuccessfully, to enable Xdebug with the WordPress core local development environment, mostly because I was looking at the wrong documentation. Then I try to get the wordpress-develop code set up for debugging in my personal local development environment with frustrating but eventually successful results.

February 7, 2024 — In this lesson, we will learn to nest and group blocks together using container blocks to create visually appealing layouts and designs.

February 7, 2024 — Learn how to use template parts with a block theme. Discover what they are, how they work, and finally, learn how to modify, remove, and replace a template part.

February 4, 2024 — In this session, we will build an About page using a variety of patterns. We will explore using patterns more effectively and how it can save you time and effort.

February 2, 2024 — In this WordPress developer live stream, we look at Trac and GitHub and learn where to find good first issues to work on, to contribute to WordPress core.