If you build anything in the WordPress admin with custom datasets, you'll want to check this out. There'll also be a Dev Blog post soon that specifically covers custom admin pages, but this stream will be a good primer beforehand.

Smeagol's grave finished today. He's next to Twinkle. Eventually, I would like to gravel the whole area and plant out a flower garden around it.

Jane says it's time to stop reading for the night.

Today! Don't miss it! at 15:00 UTC / 9 am EDT Developer Hours: Building WordPress themes with the Create Block Theme plugin meetup.com/learn-wordpres… with Tammie Lister Tammie Lister

WordPress 6.6 changed where SlotFills are imported from and made them common for both the Site and Post Editor. We just added some examples on how to control where a registered Fill should render developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/r…

There's been some chatter about a unified WordPress UI, and that's something contributors are working toward. But it also takes a solid foundation to bring plugin authors along. That's where Data Views come in, and you can already start building them: developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/08/2…

What dev/design-related tutorials are you itching to see? Any techniques you would like to see explained in more depth? Any features that you don't have a good grasp on? I've closed out my backlog of WordPress Dev Blog topics, so it's time for new ideas. developer.wordpress.org/news/

Coming back from vacation? Need a quick way to catch up on Gutenberg - This WordPress handbook page might help you: "Keeping up with Gutenberg - Index make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/…

My game day food: honey-roasted pork loin and carrots with fresh cherry tomatoes.

Simba is really just a big softie:

Looking forward to this one. Being able to register block templates from plugins with a dedicated API unlocks so many possibilities for WordPress extenders. RSVP on Meetup if you haven't already 👉 meetup.com/learn-wordpres…

Experimenting with 100% whole grain burritos. I just forgot to pick up sour cream at the supermarket.

Huge thanks to Justin Tadlock for helping me work out this awesome Text Mask effect for WordPress Gutenberg 🔥👇 Easy 5 minute, step by step tutorial now available on my YouTube channel 💪

🛝 On WordPress Playground 📚 Three new guides were published today in the Docs to help theme and plugin developers fully take advantage of the potential of WP Playground: - 📇Providing content for your demo with WordPress Playground → wordpress.github.io/wordpress-play… - 🎨 WordPress