December 10, 2023 — Learn the five considerations that help you create custom blocks with an intuitive administrative experience in the Block Editor.

A great block editing experience takes advantage of the existing Block Editor interface, reduces confusion, and empowers users.

October 21, 2023 — This talk is meant to be an advanced deep dive into how we can extend the block editor to fit our needs for highly customized WordPress builds in 2023. It will go into details how to build custom blocks that interface with the query loop, using block variations, theme.json filters and much more.

September 16, 2022 — Being able to edit a theme in the Site Editor is handy, especially if you’re using it as the base for a new theme. But where do those changes get saved? What happens when you make changes to Global Styles, Block styles, Theme template files, and template parts? What happens when you make changes to the theme files, and changes to the Site Editor; which take precedence? In this session, we’ll be answering these questions.

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July 1, 2021 — Learn three ways to do more with existing core blocks using block styles, block variations, and block patterns. Find out how and when to use each. Build real-world examples of how you can incorporate these powerful tools in your WordPress projects.