Category: Blog

  • Creating A Block Pattern: Block Pattern Builder

    When doing some research on this series Block Pattern Builder was a plugin that consistently came up. At first I dismissed it because it no longer appears to be actively maintained. It’s last update at the time of this writing was 3 years ago, and was last tested at WordPress version 5.5.11 (currently at 6.1.1).…

  • Creating A Block Pattern: Block Pattern Directory Tool

    The first tool we are going to look at when creating a block pattern is not dependent on a theme or plugin you have to install, but can be done simply in the browser. We are going to look at creating a block pattern, from the Block Pattern Directory itself. The first step is to…

  • 20 in 2023

    WordPress is turning 20 this year! In terms of a software project that is nearly unheard of! WordPress will officially turn 20 on May 27th. While I will be picking back up on our block editor series tomorrow, I wanted to mention this milestone today. I seen it while scrolling linkedIn and thought it was…

  • Nathan-melech

    Sunday, our pastor continued his message series through the bible and the book of 2 Kings. In Chapter 23 there is mention of a servant of the king. ‘He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord ’s temple…

  • Creating A Block Pattern

    The resources available for prebuilt block patterns is growing constantly. These prebuilt solutions give you a quick set of go to tools to build out your pages. Sometimes though the available block patterns do not fit your exact content needs and you need to create your own block pattern. There are a few ways of…

  • Saint Patrick’s Day

    Typically when we hear Saint Patrick’s Day many think of wearing green so you don’t get pinched, red haired leprechauns, green suits, green beer, green rivers, four leaf clovers, and a pot of gold somewhere in there. via GIPHY Amid all the modern festivities and traditions the meaning behind Saint Patrick’s Day and what he…

  • Block Pattern Directory

    The block pattern directory is an amazing tool for site editors to be aware of. It’s a collection of block patterns that you can browse, copy, and paste to your site without the need of installing a new theme or additional plugins. You can search for patterns by keywords, or browse through categories to select…

  • Using Block Patterns

    Using block patterns on a web page is fairly straight forward. With just a few clicks you can have a complete layout element in place and ready for your content to be inserted. You’ll start by opening the block inserter, and clicking on the patterns tab. From there you will see a dropdown of categories…

  • Block Patterns – Part 2

    We’ve discussed quite a bit lately related to the block editor and did a brief overview on block patterns in a previous post. WordPress defines block patterns as follows: Block Patterns are predefined block layouts, available from the patterns tab of the block inserter. https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-patterns/ So let’s talk about that. The first part of the…

  • 60 Day Blogging, Halfway Point

    Today is day 31 of my 60DayBloggingChallenge. I’ve crossed into the second half of this challenge for myself and wanted to do a quick recap and look ahead. I’ve written on a variety of topics to this point including faith, and the outdoors, I’ve primarily though focused on WordPress related topics; specifically around page builders…