When you’re creating a custom theme or working with a child theme, there are times when you’ll want to remove or hide particular styling features—whether it’s a single core block or an entire theme style variation. This isn’t always just about personal preference. Removing unused elements can deliver real benefits, including faster performance, more cohesive…

Today’s WordPress agencies do so much more than set up plugins or customize themes. These teams are agile and focused, delivering fast, reliable websites, handling complex client demands, and shipping scalable solutions—all while sticking to tight timelines. What enables this efficiency? A carefully chosen, well-integrated tech stack is the critical first step. In this article,…

Since web fonts became available in 2009, web designers have had significantly broader typographic choices. This freedom largely comes from the flexibility of the CSS @fontface at-rule, which allows for alternative font selections beyond just web-safe, system-default fonts. There’s a wide selection of font file formats, many distributed by large foundries and services—Google Fonts is…

In previous posts on this blog, we’ve explored various facets of WordPress block development, including both static and dynamic blocks, as well as ways to enhance core block functionality. Up to now, our approach focused mainly on standard blocks that didn’t respond immediately to user input—in other words, non-interactive blocks. In this article, we’re shifting…

In the spring of 2012, WordPress rolled out version 3.4. Alongside features like the Theme Customizer and seamless Tweet embeds, this update introduced a handy function for developers: the ability to detect whether a visitor was accessing a site using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. This function, wp_is_mobile(), arrived around the…