June 6, 2026 — Block bindings have been available for a few versions of WP now but limited to a few core blocks and attributes, and further limited to post meta and synced patterns as a user facing tool. Now that bindable attributes and the UI can be extended there has never been a better time to get to know the benefits of this powerful feature for really taking control of blocks and content.
June 7, 2025 — There are a lot of custom blocks out there that really don’t need to exist. Learning when to use custom blocks, and when to extend core blocks will make all the difference when it comes to benefitting from core updates, and reducing lock-in to specific plugins and block libraries.