Hi there 👋

I'm a developer, writer, and instructor focused on WordPress and WordPress-adjacent technologies like React.js and Laravel. I'm also

• 💬 Teaching modern WordPress development at briancoords.com
• 📺 Making video tutorials on YouTube
• 💻 Contributing to WordPress and wphelpers.dev
• 🎙️ Co-hosting a tech podcast/YouTube show called viewSource

WordPress Development Tutorials:

These are demo repositories with example code and a link to a blog post and video tutorial.

Extending Blocks

• Registering a Block Style in WordPress (register_block_style)
• Block Bindings API with a Block Variation (registerBlockVariation)
• Add Custom Fields to Buttons in the Query Loop (render_block, registerPlugin)
• Add Custom Responsive Settings fields to blocks using (@10up/block-components)
• Handling images in a custom Gutenberg block (@10up/block-components)
• Using Core Data and Sharing Context across WordPress Blocks (useDispatch, useSelect)

Custom Blocks

• ACF Blocks Carousel Tutorial
• Dynamic Block in WordPress
• Creating a block with InnerBlocks (<InnerBlocks />)

Extending Gutenberg

• Add Custom Fields to posts in the block editor sidebar (PluginDocumentSettingPanel)
• JavaScript/WP REST API-powered WordPress settings page