I love Gutenberg. I also love using reusable blocks too. What I don’t love, though, is having to go into an existing post just to access my reusable blocks list.
So how about a quick and easy method to add them to your admin menu?
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We need to talk about menus
Specifically, we need to talk about the administrator menus in WordPress.
Activate a plugin and you may find yourself bombarded with admin messages (some dismissible and some not), feature pointers, new menus of all hues and some even divert the installation process immediately to their own screens. Some of these interrupt any bulk activation process too, preventing other plugins – temporarily – from activating.
Over a series of posts, I’m going to look at just one of these – the menus – and explain what’s going on, why they’re so wrong, and bombard you with that thing that politicians hate: facts.
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The Google Search is strong in this one…
It’s a fact that I can find things on Google where others fail to. Why is this? Well, it’s all related to some software I wrote over 20 years ago and a company award…
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WordCamp Glasgow 2020
For only the second time, I have the opportunity to speak at a WordCamp – and, again, in Scotland. This time, it’s Glasgow, a city I’ve only ever briefly visited before.
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My talk writing process
Shamelessly ripped off from my colleague, Tammie Lister, who has written a similar post, I thought I’d write a little more about my process for preparing for talks.
Okay, so, unlike Tammie, I’ve not done that many and my process is probably very new and unrefined. My intention is to re-visit this post at times, though, and update it as I go on.
Along the way, I’m also going to add some tips that I’ve learnt along the way.
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