Page Builder to Block Theme: What Converts, What You Rebuild
We built a 26-widget Elementor page, switched it off, and ran Convert to blocks. What survived, what broke, and how to plan the rebuild in a block theme.…
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A Design System an AI Agent Can Follow
Agents follow what is written. Give them tokens, rules they can check, theme.json as the contract and a page gate, and they stay inside your design system.…
Reading Purple: What Woo’s Block Theme Teaches Theme Authors
A file-by-file teardown of Purple, WooCommerce’s starter block theme: its theme.json, role-numbered palette, fluid spacing, section styles, store template…
What to Test in Your Block Theme for WordPress 7.2
A test list for block theme authors before WordPress 7.2 Beta 1: ten changes already in trunk, a fixture to test each one, and the dates that matter.…
Form Styling Is Moving Into theme.json: What Works Today and What 7.2 Adds
WordPress 6.9 quietly added textInput and select elements to theme.json, and 7.2 plans to put form styling in the Global Styles UI. What generates today, where …
Popovers Without JavaScript in WordPress Block Themes
The HTML popover attribute and invoker commands now handle open, close, light dismiss, stacking and focus natively, and WordPress 6.9 and 7.1 allow them in cont…
Your Design Tokens Should Outlive Your CSS Framework
Tailwind Labs joined Shopify and nothing broke. That is exactly why it is the right moment to ask where your design tokens actually live, and to make framework …
Best Course Creation Platforms (2026)
Eight course creation platforms compared on the authoring experience for 2026, multimedia lesson types, collaborative building, templates, and content portabili…
Best Online Course Platforms (2026)
Nine online course platforms compared for 2026 across hosted and self-hosted options, Learnomy, Thinkific, Teachable, Kajabi, LearnWorlds, Podia, LearnDash, Tut…
Best WordPress LMS with AI (2026)
Eight WordPress LMS platforms compared on real AI-assisted course creation for 2026, curriculum generation, quiz banks, and where AI labels are marketing rather…
Best WordPress LMS with Payment Integration (2026)
Eight WordPress LMS platforms compared on checkout and payment gateway support for 2026, native Stripe and PayPal versus WooCommerce dependency, led by Learnomy…
Best WordPress LMS with Membership Features (2026)
Eight WordPress LMS platforms compared feature-by-feature on membership mechanics for 2026, tiers, trials, drip, and family plans, for course creators layering …