WordPress: Introduction to Custom Block Building

Course details

WordPress is a powerful tool for getting your content online, and its custom blocks can save you a lot of time. In this course, full stack engineer and WordPress expert Nyasha Green presents an introduction to custom block building in WordPress. Find out what a block is and how to customize it to make your WordPress projects easier and faster. Explore how to create your own custom blocks that you can use to show information more clearly on your sites, as well as how you can reuse custom blocks once they are created. This course equips you with the necessary skills to create, customize, and manage WordPress blocks, enhancing your ability to build dynamic, user-friendly websites and opening up new possibilities for content creation and presentation on the WordPress platform.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning custom block building in WordPress

1. What Are WordPress Blocks

02 - Getting familiar with blocks
03 - The Block Editor
04 - Block attributes

2. Setting up Your Development Environment

05 - Setting up a local WordPress installation
06 - Installing Node.js and npm
07 - WordPress files used for block creation

3. Custom Block Building without Code

08 - Creating reusable blocks and synced patterns
09 - Complete the reusable blocks and synced patterns process
10 - Styling reusable core blocks
11 - The Block Pattern Directory

4. Custom Block Building with Code

12 - Creating a custom block with code
13 - Customizing your block settings
14 - Changing your block files - Edit.js
15 - Changing your block attributes and additional files
16 - Activating and styling your block

5. Troubleshooting Common Issues

17 - Case sensitivity issues
18 - Blocks not showing and validation errors

Conclusion

19 - Continuing your custom block-building experience in WordPress