Category: WordPress Development

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…

How to Test WordPress Emails on Laravel Valet? This was a question asked from your side! So we’re going to answer this with this article. Here is the actual question: I have a Valet local setup for my WordPress projects, and sometimes I need to test the email functionality. Still, locally, the emails are not…

The configuration file is a cornerstone of every WordPress installation. Located in the site’s root directory, it contains the essential constant definitions and PHP logic that determine how WordPress functions for your specific setup. The wp-config.php file houses key data such as your database connection settings, custom table prefixes, directory paths, and a range of…

As WordPress developers, we frequently need to retrieve posts, pages, or other content that matches certain criteria from the WordPress database. Fortunately, we usually don’t need to write raw SQL queries ourselves—in fact, it’s best that we don’t. WordPress provides the WP_Query class, which gives us a safe, efficient way to fetch data. All we…

In computer networking, the term “localhost” simply refers to the computer on which a specific program is currently operating. For instance, if you’re running a program like a web browser or a local development environment on your PC, then your own PC is the “localhost” for those tasks. Conversely, if you’re accessing a MySQL database…

In WordPress, managing scripts and styles is best handled through a process called enqueueing. This standardized method not only simplifies how assets are added but also helps you handle dependencies in an organized way. Below, we’ll break down how you can use wp_enqueue_scripts to manage your assets effectively. How Enqueueing Works Enqueueing a script or…