WordPress Now Has Two Design Systems, and Only One Is theme.json
WordPress 7.1 ships a second token system. theme.json styles the front end; the new -wpds-* custom properties and ThemeProvider style the admin. The naming taxo…
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Three New theme.json Powers in WordPress 7.1: Gradients Over Images, minWidth and Text Shadow
background.gradient finally lets a gradient layer over a background image, minWidth completes the dimensions pair, and textShadow arrives in Global Styles. The …
Logical Properties: Block Theme CSS That Survives RTL
Physical CSS properties break the moment your block theme meets an RTL locale. What writing-mode actually does, why margin-inline beats margin-left, and how to …
AI Took the Mechanical Half of Design Work, and That Half Was the Training Ladder
The parts of design work AI removes first are the parts juniors used to do. That work was tedious, and it was also how people learned the craft and earned a sea…
Patterns, Template Parts or Style Variations? How to Choose
One question decides it: when this appears twice and someone edits one, should the other change? How the four reuse mechanisms in a block theme differ, what eac…
Responsive theme.json: The @ Prefix Syntax for Block Themes
Core adopted an @ prefix convention for expressing responsive states inside style data, and the fixed device preview is gone. What the syntax looks like, how it…
Five CSS Features That Change How You Build Block Themes
contrast-color, field-sizing, :open, container style queries and gap decorations all reached Baseline this year. What each replaces in a block theme, how each f…
Best CSS Frameworks in 2026: Tailwind vs the Alternatives
Tailwind has won new development, Bootstrap rules legacy, and native CSS is now powerful enough that many projects need no framework at all. An honest compariso…
Best AI Browsers in 2026: Atlas Is Shutting Down
ChatGPT Atlas stops working on 9 August 2026. An honest ranking of the AI browsers that will still be here: Perplexity Comet, Dia, Edge Copilot Mode, Brave Leo …
50 Tools to Spy on Competitor Ads
A no-fluff rundown of 50 ad spy and competitive intelligence tools - free official libraries, ecommerce spy tools, PPC research, and broader competitive intelli…
CSS Container Queries: How to Build Truly Responsive Components in 2026
Media queries respond to the window; container queries let a component respond to its own space - so the same card adapts in a sidebar or a wide column with no …
8 Best Hopin Alternatives for Virtual and Hybrid Events in 2026
The 8 best Hopin alternatives in 2026 — from Airmeet and Zoom Events to owning your audience with BuddyNext, compared on real organizer costs.…