I am trying to take myself from plugin-jockey/implementor to someone who really groks WordPress.  To that end, I’m casting about for more projects (If you’re fire science/government/law enforcement, lmk – looking for more work in those areas).  And I’m trying to do a tutorial a week.

This week is Plugin Development by Rob Starr on Lynda.com.  Obviously, one course is not going to teach you plugin development, but it’s great start, and he explains a lot.  If you are finding that paying for Lynda.com is a stretch for your budget, remember that you can often access it through your local library!

What are you doing to keep learning?

PS: re: GET vs POST vs HEAD  – you can remember the difference by thinking of a person in a restaurant.

GET is him sending his order to the kitchen for a steak

POST is him giving his payment info to pay the bill

HEAD is him telling the waiter “hey, I’m allergic to beef so don’t give me any dishes that have been in them.” Then, when he orders a steak, the kitchen will alert the server that they won’t send that out, and the request is denied.

I am loving the Gutenberg Ramp plugin to help you sloooooowly acclimate to Gutenberg.  I used to be of the mindset that Gutenberg was something to be endured.

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Now, after editing something like 170+ posts (Friends Don’t Let Friends Wix!) into Gutenberg blocks, I kinda like it.

And if you’re not sure, just ease into it with the Ramp.  You can even put this snippet into your child theme’s functions file to only show it on certain posts.  Handy!

gutenberg_ramp_load_gutenberg( [ 'post_ids' => [ 12, 13, 122 ] ] );