December 23, 2024 — As you dive deeper into developing with WordPress hooks there are some details about how hooks work that are valuable to understand.

In this lesson, you’ll learn some good practices to follow when developing with hooks.

December 23, 2024 — As you might guess, there is a hook for everything, so one problem you may often encounter is which is the correct hook to use for a given set of functionality.

In this lesson, you will learn how to find the right hook for your needs as well as some of the more important hooks to be aware of.

December 23, 2024 — While the WordPress hooks system makes WordPress very extendable, it can sometimes create conflicts with your plugin’s functionality.

In this lesson you will learn how to remove hooked callback functions to prevent them from executing.

December 23, 2024 — As a plugin developer, you’ll probably try to cover all possible use cases when building your plugin’s functionality.

In this lesson, you will learn about custom hooks, the perfect way to enable your users to customize your plugin to their needs.

December 17, 2024 — In the final Developer Hours session of 2024, we took a closer look at WordPress Playground. This tool allows users to create fully functional WordPress instances directly in their browser, with no installation or setup required. Beyond spinning up WordPress sites, Playground offered powerful capabilities, from testing plugins and themes to running demos and even supporting app development. No matter how you engage with WordPress, Playground has something valuable to offer.

The session explored tools and workflows for plugin and theme development, demonstrated how to use Playground for testing and support, highlighted key improvements introduced in 2024, and offered a preview of exciting new features planned for 2025.

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December 16, 2024 — WordPress Playground is a platform that lets you run WordPress instantly on any device without a web host. Anyone can use it to build, experiment, and test anything related to WordPress.

In this online workshop, core WordPress Playground developer Berislav Grgicak joins developer educator Jonathan Bossenger to share insights into how developers can leverage WordPress Playground.

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December 13, 2024 — This talk will explore how WordPress Playground provides a seamless environment for coding and testing. We’ll discuss how it can enhance your development cycle, enabling quicker iterations without the need for complex setups.

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December 11, 2024 — Learn how to override synced patterns in WordPress to create flexible, reusable designs. This lesson demonstrates how to enable overrides for specific blocks, customize content across instances, and maintain stylistic control by updating central design elements. Discover how this feature can enhance workflows, enforce design consistency, and offer a curated editing experience.

December 5, 2024 — Learn how to use the Gallery block in WordPress to add and customize image galleries. This lesson covers adding images, adjusting layouts, enabling Light Box functionality, and styling options.

December 5, 2024 — Learn how to use the Media and Text block in WordPress to create balanced layouts by placing images or videos alongside text. This lesson covers various customization options.