Plugin developer, Core contributor and support volunteer. Yeah, I’m a WordPress fan!
When Gutenberg was first launched in WordPress 5.0, users lost the ability to create their own custom fields directly from the editor. Eventually, this was added back in but, by default, they’re turned off.
If you have the need to use custom fields, let me take you through how to switch them back on…
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For those who use Jetpack regularly, you’ll probably appreciate that, in recent years, the old screen that listed all of the modules has disappeared, to be replaced by a series of tabbed settings screens. Which is great, except some of the modules aren’t included (including some of those which default as switched on).
The modules screen is still accessible but a link to it is tucked away at the bottom of the current settings screen.
So, I’ve created a quick (slightly hacky) script to add it to the main Jetpack menu.
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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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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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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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