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How to remove Git tracking for third party plugins in WordPress
When I work on custom WordPress builds, it tends to be a collection of a theme, one or more custom plugins, and a series of third party plugins. For this rea...
WordPress theme development with Tailwind CSS and Laravel Mix
A few months back I started exploring Tailwind CSShttps://tailwindcss.com/ – a utility first CSS framework – and it has fast become my first choice for b...
Use generic views with data arrays for a flexible, context-independent UI system
When you start digging into WordPress partials, things really open up on the theme side. Being able to reuse templates is a nice feature and can help keep yo...
Simplify WordPress updates using these sequential WP CLI commands
Updating WordPress can really start to grind on me. Everyone is constantly releasing updates for their plugins and the core team are pushing to release more ...
How to set defer or async attributes on enqueued script tags in WordPress
If you get down to business with performance optimisation, you could find yourself looking at ways to defer your scripts or even load them asynchronously. A...
How to customize the colour palette for WordPress' Gutenberg block editor
Building on yesterday's tip, I'm putting this up to show how easy it is to register a custom colour palette for WordPress' block editor; AKA Gutenberg. It's...
