WordPress Developer Blog

A quick overview of the registration functions

Advanced Theme Topics

Topics including child themes, best UI practices, and theme testing.

An example collection and icon

Block Editor foundation

The REST API is the foundation of the WordPress Block Editor.

Block Themes

Themes built mainly with HTML and a theme configuration file, composed entirely of blocks.

Blog Subscription

Email subscription to receive blog updates.

Building an icon registration plugin

Bundling icons in plugin

Classic Themes

Original themes primarily using PHP, JavaScript and CSS, leveraging WordPress PHP functions, hooks and filters.

Defining the icon data structure

Dev Notes

Official dev notes published for each WordPress release.

Developer Blog Posts

Posts covering blocks, concepts, common APIs, design, Playground, plugins, and themes.

Developer news posts

Posts covering what's new for developers.

Educational Resources

Courses and video tutorials on Learn WordPress complementing developer documentation.

Extending the REST API

Add new data to the API or enhance and manipulate existing response objects.

Hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API

How to register icons

Load the plugin files and bootstrap

Monthly Roundups

Monthly posts summarizing what's new for developers.

Outputting icons

Plugin setup

Registering the icons with WordPress

Releasing Themes

Best practices for theme distribution and getting a theme ready for the WordPress.org theme directory.

REST endpoints

URLs representing posts, pages, taxonomies, and other built-in WordPress data types.

Technical articles

In-depth articles on WordPress APIs, blocks, and hooks.

The missing pieces: what you can’t yet do

7.1.0 Reference

Lists functions, hooks, classes, and methods new or updated in WordPress 7.1.0.