Tag: WordPress

  • WP REST API can still cut it

    WP REST API can still cut it

    The WP REST API is great and it’s built into the core of WordPress. Here are some cases for using it still.

  • New to WordPress Development? Here’s a 2025 Guide!

    New to WordPress Development? Here’s a 2025 Guide!

    Here’s a WordPress roadmap for 2025—covering the fundamentals that have stood the test of time, practical tools for setting up a local development environment, and the advanced techniques that propel you from a beginner to a proficient developer.

  • Create a “mini-app” using Core Gutenberg Blocks and some JavaScript

    Create a “mini-app” using Core Gutenberg Blocks and some JavaScript

    Before developing a custom WordPress block, consider your site’s needs against the investment required. Core blocks, augmented with custom JavaScript, can often meet customization needs efficiently.

  • What Makes up a Gutenberg Developer?

    What Makes up a Gutenberg Developer?

    What makes up a Gutenberg Developer. In this, we discuss the anatomy, mindset, and skills required to become one.

  • Hello Sketch Block

    Hello Sketch Block

    Hello folks 👋 This is me trying the new Sketch Block from the Gutenberg Block Experiments project.

  • Doing good work with good people

    Doing good work with good people

    I have spent 2 years of my career with rtCamp. Here’s a summary of the joyous experience of life at rtCamp.

  • Thinking in WordPress

    Thinking in WordPress

    I talk about WordPress based on my experience with the CMS.

  • Gatsby and WordPress – best friends or foes?

    Gatsby and WordPress – best friends or foes?

    Let’s talk about how Gatsby can complement WordPress really well.

  • Shortcodes and Meta Boxes in developing a WordPress theme

    I was fortunate to attend the meetup #4 titled ‘Meta boxes and Short Codes for Theme Development’. This event was organised by the WordPress Colombo Meetup group and held on 21 July 2016 at JKCS Auditorium, Colombo.

  • WordPress Colombo

    Ever since I started out with mtwoblog.wordpress.com I have been fascinated by the whole WordPress ecosystem. Among many factors like the platform, the themes, the plugins, it also largely includes the active, growing community behind WordPress. One such community is WordPress Colombo which is essentially a group of WP enthusiasts in Sri Lanka on meetup.com.