Category: WordPress.org
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Thinking Through: Plugin Dependencies, A.K.A. Required Plugins
Its been well over 10 years since this Trac ticket was created discussing plugin dependencies. There’s a few tickets around the same subject that are even older. More recently, there’s been renewed interest in adding support for plugin dependencies with a Make P2 post and a Github repository. This post takes a look at this…
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What if… you could see relevant patterns and previews when adding a block?
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Thinking Through: WordPress Border Controls
The WordPress block editor is starting to look more and more like a design tool for creating Patterns and web pages. We’re seeing new controls every release for basic design tools like line-height, color, padding, and block spacing. The WordPress editor offers some simple controls for setting a block’s border. Controls for a block borders…
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Thinking Through: Document Status and Visibility
If you’ve ever used WordPress to create a blog post, web page, or any other type of document, then you are likely familiar with the Inspector Sidebar. The sidebar shows you information and controls related to the either the selected block, or the document itself. The sidebar hasn’t changed very much over the years, and…
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Jazz’n up WordPress.org
Beatriz Fialho has posted some designs she’s been working on to update the WordPress.org News blog, which has been mostly stagnant for years. Her new designs are full of freshly vibrant colors and feelings. Give it a look and let everyone know what you think.
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404 Jazz
Here’s a couple of quick sketches for a 404 (page not found) error on WordPress.org in the style of old jazz album covers.