Category: Block-Based Themes
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I’m speaking at WordCamp Europe 2021
This is super exciting for me!!! I was just confirmed as a Speaker of this years WordCamp Europe. I’m super excited to get to speak about Building great user experiences in the new Editor. If you know me already you know that this is a real passion of mine and I am thrilled that I…
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Using the @wordpress/env package for local development
Every time I start a new small WordPress plugin I run into the same question. “What’s the fastest / easiest way to get working on the actually project?” And for a while now the answer for this question for me personally has been @wordpress/env. The @wordpress/env package can get installed through NPM and offers an…
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Define allowedBlocks outside of JSX for useInnerBlocksProps function
Recently I stumbled upon an interesting issue when working on a Block. I used the useInnerBlocksProps hook to manage the InnerBlocks and every time I deselected the Block I got the following error: Maximum update depth exceeded. This can happen when a component repeatedly calls setState inside componentWillUpdate or componentDidUpdate. React limits the number of…
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I’m speaking at the WordPress-Meetup Stuttgart (Online)
I am happy to announce that I will be giving a presentation about building custom Gutenberg Block and how to choose between all of the various options of creating great user experiences for clients in the WordPress block editor. The Presentation will happen on May 12th at 7pm CET. (it will be happening in German)…
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WordCamp Prague 2020
In February 2020 I got to attend my first ever WordCamp. A friend of mine and myself were asked wether we could give a Workshop at WordCamp Prague 2020 about building custom Gutenberg Blocks. And of course the answer had to be yes. I took my brother with me to Prague and spend the weekend…