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  • Managing Settings: Reading

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    May 16, 2024 — Setting your homepage display can be tricky. This lesson will clarify which templates are assigned when updating this setting and how to start building your site confidently with the right foundation in place. We will also explore other Reading Settings, such as post feeds and search engine visibility.

  • Managing Settings: Writing

    Speaker: Roxy Kohilakis

    May 16, 2024 — Learn how to configure the WordPress Writing Settings to streamline your posting experience. This walkthrough will give you an opportunity to personalize the Default Post Category, Default Post Format, and learn how to create a post via email.

  • Managing Settings: General

    Speaker: Roxy Kohilakis

    May 16, 2024 — Learn how to configure the WordPress General Settings to meet your site’s needs. This walkthrough will give you an understanding of the options in the General Settings tab and the basics of your website.

  • WordPress video thumbnail generator walkthrough

    Speaker: Kathryn Presner

    May 16, 2024 — Learn how to generate thumbnail images for WordPress-related videos step by step in Figma.

  • Migrating your site Part 1: Changing to a new host and domain

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    May 15, 2024 — In this lesson, we will learn to migrate a WordPress site to a new host and domain.

  • Migrating your site Part 2: Changing your host but keeping your domain

    Speaker: Tracy Rhodes

    May 15, 2024 — This lesson provides a comprehensive overview of migrating a WordPress website to a new hosting account while retaining the existing domain name. It covers essential steps from setting up the new hosting account to updating DNS settings, ensuring a smooth transition for website owners.

  • The built-in WordPress debugging options

    Speaker: Jonathan Bossenger

    May 15, 2024 — As you become more proficient with WordPress development, you’ll find that sometimes things don’t work as expected, and you need to figure out why.

    In this lesson, you’re going to learn about the built-in debugging options for WordPress.

  • Advanced WordPress block layouts

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    May 14, 2024 — In this lesson, we’ll explore how to use WordPress blocks to create advanced layouts.

  • Developer Hours: Alternatives to Custom Meta Boxes in the Block Editor

    Speakers: Ryan Welcher, Nick Diego

    May 14, 2024 — Custom meta boxes have been a common tool used by plugin and theme developers to add additional functionality to posts and pages in WordPress. While meta boxes are supported in the Block Editor, they are considered a “legacy” tool and do not provide an ideal user experience. There are also a number of technical downsides to meta boxes, and developers are encouraged to migrate to alternatives.

    In this session, we explored the current options available for adding custom plugin and theme settings in the Block Editor and how you can manage metadata using React and native WordPress components. You will learn how to:

    – Use slots to add custom panels in the Settings Sidebar
    – Implement a modal for additional settings
    – Fetch and save post metadata using JavaScript
    – Connect post metadata to blocks

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  • Managing a WordPress multisite network

    Speaker: Jonathan Bossenger

    May 11, 2024 — Managing a WordPress Multisite network is slightly different from managing a single site WordPress install.

    In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to manage a WordPress multisite network.

    You will learn about the Network Admin dashboard, and the options available in the Network Settings page, as well as different ways to create and manage sub-sites on the network.