WP Engine Headless WordPress and Content Management Systems

Do you want to start learning JavaScript but don’t know how or where to begin? In this post, we will give you the guidance you need to start educating yourself in the popular programming language. We will talk about why you might consider learning JavaScript both in terms of difficulty and career prospects. After that, the post will cover how you can get started, often for free. When you are finished, we want you to have a good understanding of how to start learning JavaScript from scratch on your own. What Is JavaScript and Why Learn It? Before getting into […]

This is the penultimate article in a series I’m writing on accessible web experiences. In the first article, “Why Do We Develop Accessible Web Experiences?” I discussed the “why” of accessible digital design. In “Building a Better Blueprint,” I covered creating personas, user journeys, sitemaps, and wireframes consistent with universal design principles. In “ARIA: 5 Best Practices for Screen Readers and Other Assistive Devices,” I shared techniques for making web experiences accessible for screen readers and other assistive devices. In this article I’ll offer some advice on how to discuss the importance of accessible website design with your clients. When […]

When comparing Wix vs WordPress, it’s clear that the two are very different tools. One is a site builder designed for beginners to create simple websites. The other is a powerful CMS with a much steeper learning curve. But when you’re designing your first site, it might not be clear which one is best suited for the task. It’s an important choice to make. You need to take into account what features each has, how well it will scale as your website gets more visitors, and how much it will ultimately cost. Not sure where to start? This Wix vs […]

These days, making your WooCommerce online shop multilingual is more important than ever. 75% of online users don’t speak English, and many people won’t engage with a website if it’s not in their language. That’s a huge chunk of your visitors turned away. Thanks to the vast advances in online machine translators, making your store functionally multilingual takes little more than installing a plugin. And if you are willing to invest time and money into a professional translation, all the better. Making your store multilingual allows you to reach the vast audience of non-English speakers. Or, if your site is […]

Are you wondering what’s the best programming language to learn in 2022? Which first or additional technology can you pick up that will help you get a well-paying job? It’s not as simple of a choice as it seems. Some languages are popular and oversaturated, while others are trendy but obscure among recruiters. Either way it can be hard to find a job with them. Other coding languages are very old and it can be hard to break into an industry with developers who possess 20+ years of experience. Some are high in demand and low in supply, but very […]

Remote work has become a way of life for many individuals since the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a recent survey by Owl Labs found that 25 percent of individuals would resign if they could no longer work remotely. However, the idea of teleworking for web development often raises several privacy and connectivity issues. Fortunately, a Local Development Environment (LDE) for WordPress can help minimize common concerns associated with telecommuting. Utilizing an LDE enables you to securely work on your website from virtually any location with ease.  In this article, we’ll discuss what a local development environment is and why it […]

WordPress is one of the most popular Content Management Systems (CMSs). It enables you to create a site and customize your content without the need to learn code. However, if you have some programming experience, you may find that you require even more out of the CMS. Using WordPress as a headless CMS enables you to make more complex changes to the front end of your website. This method provides greater flexibility in the way your content is displayed. It can even improve the performance of your site and provide better security. In this post, we’ll discuss what headless WordPress […]

WordPress block patterns are an often-overlooked feature of Gutenberg despite their versatility and usefulness. You can save yourself a lot of time and effort by utilizing block patterns or even making your own. But since it’s just one small feature, and making patterns does require coding knowledge, many people don’t even know about them. Or maybe don’t fully realize just how useful they are. Whether you want to download block patterns from other users or make them for yourself, here’s how to make the most of this Gutenberg functionality. What Are WordPress Block Patterns? If you’re not familiar with how […]

One of the more intriguing templates that come with most – if not all block themes – is the blank template. It gives website creators a lot of flexibility in creating a template from scratch to suit their content and layout objectives. Using the post blocks such as post title, post content, featured image, post author, and the others, it is possible to build a template that pulls existing content from your database to create any type of page. In this video I use the blank template to build a specialized single post template that is used when I want […]

The loop is a central part of WordPress. Without it, you would not see content on any WordPress website. It’s responsible for making sure that articles appears on the blog page and in archives as well as static content on single pages. If you are a theme designer, you will not get around learning how to use it. However, as a casual WordPress user, you might not even be aware that it exists. In order to alleviate that, in this post, we will explain the WordPress loop in detail. We will go over what it is and how it works, […]

Notice: Atomic Blocks Pro (Beta) has a new home in Genesis. It’s now the Genesis Pagebuilder plugin and is available with a Genesis Pro subscription. To learn more about migrating to this new plugin, please view these docs. With the release of WordPress 5.0 nearly a year ago, content blocks were introduced as a major…

At WP Engine, our goal is to help you create stunning, functional, and highly performant WordPress sites. We want to facilitate an easy path for our customers to build and maintain beautiful websites. One of the reasons we acquired StudioPress and the Genesis Framework was because we wanted our customers to have easily accessible, highly regarded…