Reaching Lighthouse 100 on a Real Client Site: A Brndle Case Study
We tried to turn Brndle’s “Lighthouse 100” tagline into a verified audit. Here is exactly what blocked us, what we could confirm from the theme’s own source, an…
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Why Your Blade Edits Aren’t Showing Up: Acorn’s View Cache, Explained
You edit a Blade view and the page doesn’t change. It isn’t your edit, it’s Acorn’s compiled view cache. What it actually is, how to confirm it’s the real cause…
Kadence Blocks vs Spectra vs Brndle’s 20 Native Blocks
Kadence Blocks (600,000+ installs) and Spectra (1,000,000+ installs) both went theme-agnostic-plugin-plus-bundle. Brndle ships 20 blocks free, theme-native, no …
Registering a Custom Brndle Block with BlockServiceProvider
A from-scratch tutorial on registering a custom Gutenberg block in Brndle beyond the 20 shipped ones: block.json, the Blade view, BlockServiceProvider, and a wo…
GeneratePress vs Kadence vs Brndle: Hooks, Blocks, or Blade
Three extension philosophies for the same lightweight-theme job: GeneratePress’s PHP hooks, Kadence’s block library, and Brndle’s Blade templating with 20 nativ…
Sage vs Radicle vs Brndle: Which Laravel-Flavored WordPress Stack to Start From
Sage, Radicle and Brndle all build on Acorn and Blade, but one is a free boilerplate, one is a paid bundle, and one ships a finished free theme. What each actua…
How Brndle Generates Landing Pages with Claude Code: An Architecture Walkthrough
Brndle ships a Claude Code skill that builds landing pages from a closed catalog of 18 blocks and 12 color tokens instead of freeform HTML. What we confirmed in…
Flatsome Theme in 2026: Keep It or Move to a Block Theme?
Is the Flatsome theme still worth keeping? What UX Builder lock-in costs, what converts to blocks, a seven-step migration order that keeps checkout live, and wh…
Is Your Block Theme Really Accessible? A WCAG 2.2 Checklist for Theme Authors
A hands-on checklist for block theme authors: what the accessibility-ready tag requires, the nine WCAG 2.2 additions, and the code and tests for each, with them…
CSS Squircles in a WordPress Block Theme: corner-shape Today, and a Fallback That Costs Nothing
How to use the CSS corner-shape property for squircle corners in a block theme with theme.json, block styles and an @supports fallback, and which browsers suppo…
Shopify Theme Development for WordPress Theme Developers: Sections, Templates and Liquid, Translated
Shopify theme development translated for WordPress block theme developers: templates, theme blocks, sections, settings and Liquid, with a small real theme built…
Design System Examples Worth Studying, and What a WordPress Block Theme Can Borrow
Design system examples worth studying, from Material 3 and Carbon to GOV.UK, Atlassian, Polaris and Primer, and exactly what a WordPress block theme can borrow …