Insights & Resources Archive

This post by Jason Yingling look in detail the best practices for developing new blocks in the new WordPress editor and how to integrate these features into WordPress themes.

The team over at meks have done a great job of pulling together 31 beginner’s tips on Gutenberg Development. From the post: Both from developers and content side, this improvement will change the way we code and produce content in WordPress. Not to mention all the advantages that are coming with the blocks and the ways we…

The path to WordPress 5.0 has been a rough one. With community feedback around the new editor generally split and fear about such a fundamental change generally worrying the WordPress-masses. This shift highlights the growing necessity for professional custom WordPress development to ensure that bespoke site architectures remain compatible with the block-based paradigm. What about…

The WordPress editor team have announced that the latest release of Gutenberg (2.6) which is a big update for custom WordPress development agencies because it now has support for drag-and-drop blocks, see a quick video demo here: This is a welcome (and much requested) change and you can try it out now with Frontenberg. If…

WPTaven has a great article explaining the path that led to the decision have a simple option that will ‘restore’ the Old Editor when WordPress 5.0 is released. This seems like a good solution that will help ease the pain for a lot of users and should open the doors for the future of custom WordPress development.…

The WordPress Roadmap is a great tool to look back at previous WordPress releases and get a good idea about what’s coming up. WordPress version 5.0 will be included in our strategic roadmap soon, at which point the feature set will be “frozen” in preparation for its official launch. This stabilization phase is a critical…

The Gutenberg Design Principles do a great job of explaining how the new WordPress editor has been designed to function in terms of custom WordPress development. The basic ‘Goal of Gutenberg’ is mentioned here: The all-encompassing goal of Gutenberg is to create a post and page building experience that makes it easy to create rich post…

Frontenberg was launched in December 2017 by Tom J Nowell, a VIP Wrangler at WordPress.com VIP for Automattic, to provide a sandbox environment for the then-upcoming Gutenberg editor. Since its inception, it has served as a critical resource for developers and content creators to experiment with block-based editing without the overhead of a full WordPress…

The primary source for all comprehensive technical project information and development updates is the Make WordPress Core site. This platform serves as the central hub for our collaborative efforts and provides the most up-to-date documentation regarding our progress. This is a must for WordPress hosting and migrations to the new WordPress 5.0 system. On the…

WordPress 5 is here and it is the most significant change to the world-leading platform for many years. Stay tuned to find out more and learn how you can manage this change to your website and if you might need an agency like ours to help you with secure WordPress hosting and migrations This blog…

Developing a good working relationship with your web company isn’t always easy. It takes time to build trust and understanding.

The December edition of Web Designer Magazine features an article by Kimb which extols the virtues of the new WordPress ‘Gutenberg’ editor.

In a world of social media distractions your wwwebsite (see what I did there?) is still most likely the first port of call for potential customers seeking to check out your credentials.

Agencies come in all shapes and sizes but finding the right fit for your business isn’t always easy. Here are a few reasons why you should prioritise flexibility when hiring a new web agency.

In this Age of the Internet, any enterprise needs to have a website. This extends to the 3rd sector, where the technicalities of creating and maintaining a website can be daunting to charity workers who may have little IT experience.

Deciding on the look and overall feel of your website can be a frustrating experience. Here are some reasons why it’s important to persevere and design your perfect website.

FEN is more than just a Front-end conference, it’s a full day web and digital festival and one of the only events like it in the area of Sheffield and Yorkshire.

So you need life-saving brain surgery. What do you do? Seek out the top neurosurgeon you can find: one with experience, one with a track record of success, one with prestige? Yes there’ll be cost, but it’s worth it, isn’t it?

At the start of 2017 one of our favorite clients, the Fun Palaces team, released a report which detailed their growth and statistics for the past year.

After 6 years of independence the WordPress Sheffield meet up is now part of the official WordPress meetup listings on meetup.com.