Earlier this week, Foxhound was approved and pushed live to WordPress.org. I've written about it before (sort of), but this is now officially the first REST-API-powered theme on wp.org 🎉 When it comes to the REST-API, there's a lot of focus on how it's used by top agencies for custom apps, but that's very niche. I [...]
WordPress REST API React/Redux helpers
Over the past year+, I've been working in-depth with React at Automattic. I've also been trying to bring everything I'm learning there into WordPress themeing (since that's a hobby of mine). Last year I posted about a simple theme, Anadama, which used the REST API plugin. With the REST API slated to be released with [...]
Local Development for WordCamp Websites
An important aspect of running a WordCamp is having a good website. That’s where all your attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers will interact with you before and at the event. We’re lucky to have a number of tools built into the WordCamp environment, but the “locked-down” nature of the sites can make it hard to [...]
Accessibility for WordCamps
If you're coming here from a link I've shared, WordCamps are conferences for WordPress. I'm very involved in the WordPress events community, so I wanted to highlight some ways for our events to be more accessible for people with disabilities. [skip the intro, give me the tips!] In the past year or so, web accessibility has finally [...]
Anadama, A React Recipe Theme
The other week I started playing with a React-based theme using the REST API. The idea is a very simple recipe blog - no comments, no widgets, just a list of post titles on the home page and a pop-up card with the recipe content. Designed by Mel Choyce (of course), the inspiration was vintage [...]