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Child Theme is also a WordPress Theme that inherits the design and the functionality of another theme (the Parent Theme). It is extremely useful in WordPress development because it permits…

WordPress Hooks are the real power and the magic of WordPress. They allow us to customize a WordPress site according to our needs. Of course, without modifying the WordPress core…

ABSPATH is a PHP constant, which holds the Absolute path to the WordPress directory. It is defined in wp-config.php /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */ if ( !…

The Block Editor (Gutenberg) is built on React. So it is highly recommended to use React in order to create custom blocks (though it is not mandatory). You don’t need…

NPM vulnerabilities and PHP dependencies vulnerabilities are common problems in modern web development. We use a lot of third-party libraries. Javascript libraries using npm. PHP libraries using composer. It is…

WordPress Debugging is essential if you are developing a WordPress theme or plugin. The following methodology concerns exclusively your development workstation and never the production server. Enable Errors Logging in…

PHPStan is an open-source PHP Static Analysis tool. PHPStan is a must-have tool for any PHP project. What is PHP Static Analysis PHP Static Analysis tools will read your code…

WordPress Coding Standards are documented in detail in WordPress Developer Handbook. Fortunately, WordPress offers a Github project, which maintains the WordPress Coding Standards rules and the tools needed to inspect…

WordPress Custom Fields is one of its most powerful features. In combination with Custom Post Types, they can convert WordPress to a Custom Application Building Tool, not only a CMS….

Sometimes you need to customize WordPress REST API to return fewer columns or to have a custom structure. Fortunately, it’s easy to create Custom Endpoints to WordPress REST API. Use…