You may have heard of FOMO and social proof notifications when reading about latest marketing trends. FOMO, short for fear of missing out, is basically a marketing technique used to create anticipation and excitement for a product. It uses a basic psychology principle to help customers make a buying decision, faster. In this article, we…
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Whenever we’re making remote requests with WordPress, we’re likely going to be using one of the following functions:wp_remote_postwp_safe_remote_postwp_remote_getwp_safe_remote_getAnd, yes, sometimes we’ll be using cURL depending on the nature of the project, but that’s outside the content of this post.For this article, I want to talk specifically about making remote requests and specifying headers against a…
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In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Michelle Schulp, an independent freelancer and Director of Technology at AIGA Minnesota. We discussed the impacts speaking at multiple WordCamps had on her business early on, why she continues to be a freelance contractor as opposed to managing her own agency, and the role…
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Gutenberg 6.2 has two new user-facing features that were added based on community feedback. The Cover and Media & Text blocks now allow for nesting any type of block inside. Previously, the Cover block only allowed users to add a heading, button, or paragraph block. Users had resorted to employing clunky solutions to get around…
Read MoreMeta Box, one of the most popular WordPress custom fields frameworks, has released a new extension for creating custom Gutenberg blocks using only PHP. MB Blocks gives developers the ability to build blocks with various settings, using a similar syntax as creating a meta box, without having to know React, Webpack, or Babel. MB Blocks…
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