Using brndle/color_presets to Ship a Client’s Brand Palette as a 13th Scheme
The real brndle/color_presets filter, a worked example registering a client’s brand navy as scheme 13, and what happens when it hits the same on-accent contrast…
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Astra’s AI Site Builder vs Brndle’s Claude Code Integration: Two AI Page-Building Approaches
Astra’s AI site builder (via Starter Templates and ZipWP) and Brndle’s Claude Code /brndle-pages skill solve different problems: one lives in wp-admin behind a …
Choosing a Font Pair: Matching Brndle’s 9 Font Pairings to Site Type and Reading Length
Brndle ships 9 real font pairs in FontPairs.php, not the 8 its docblock and admin UI both still claim. The real list, three pairing strategies, which pair fits …
Blade Templating for WordPress Developers Coming from Pure PHP Templates
The direct, syntax-by-syntax translation guide from classic PHP templates (header.php, WP_Query loops, esc_html echoes) to Blade, verified against Laravel’s own…
Brndle vs BuddyX vs Reign: Which Wbcom Theme Fits Which Client Brief
Brndle, BuddyX, and Reign are three different jobs, not three competing picks. A real decision framework for which Wbcom theme fits which client brief, plus wha…
When a Brndle Client Outgrows a Marketing Site: Handing Off to BuddyX or Reign
A Brndle client asking for logins, member talk, or a forum is describing a BuddyPress-shaped problem. What recognizing that moment looks like, what’s actually a…
One Design System, Four Platforms: How Brndle’s Tokens Survive the Astro/Ghost/Shopify Roadmap
Brndle’s 12 color schemes and 8 font pairs live as portable data behind a REST endpoint, not hardcoded PHP, which is why its Astro/Ghost/Shopify roadmap is plau…
No Pro Tier, No License Checks: What Brndle’s GPL-2.0 Model Means for Long-Term Client Risk
The real objection to standardizing on a free theme: what happens if it’s abandoned, acquired, or monetized out from under you. GPL-2.0’s real guarantees, the K…
WPML and Polylang Compatibility in Brndle: What’s Automatic, What You Configure
An honest, source-code-level check of Brndle’s WPML and Polylang compatibility: what’s confirmed in the repo, what’s an architectural inference, and what’s stil…
Migrating a Kadence Site to Brndle: Mapping Kadence Blocks to Brndle’s 20 Native Blocks
Kadence Blocks’ 24 free block types mapped one by one to Brndle’s 20 native blocks: what matches directly, what needs core WordPress blocks instead, what has no…
Setting Up Brndle Locally: Composer, Node 20, and the First npm run dev
Key takeaways Brndle’s own README states the requirements plainly: WordPress 6.6+, PHP 8.2+, Node 20+ and Composer for any development […]…
Auditing All 12 Brndle Color Schemes for WCAG AA Contrast
We pulled Brndle’s real ColorPalette.php and ran its own contrast math against all 12 color scheme presets, in light and dark mode. Body text passes everywhere;…