Here’s a collection of common block editor-related questions that I’ve received from clients while conducting WordPress training. I can’t see the editor sidebar! You have the editor sidebar hidden, you can click on the settings button to show/hide the sidebar. The settings button can be found next to the blue Publish/Update button. Where are the […]

Since the introduction of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) 6.0, you should be registering blocks using the newer block.json method instead of using the legacy acf_register_block_type() function. It’s not required to convert your legacy ACF blocks to block.json. Using block.json can come with benefits such as performance improvements and the ability to take advantage of newer […]

I was recently working on a WordPress site hosted on GoDaddy. The problem that I was encountering was a persistent “Welcome to the block editor” modal every time I loaded the Block Editor. Investigation Fix Allowing my IP addressed fixed my issue temporarily but this was not a permanent solution as I have a dynamic […]

I recently had to use the bbPress plugin on one of my WordPress projects. Here are some helpful tips and tricks I wish I knew before using this WordPress plugin. You need to enable registration If you are allowing public user registration you need to enable the “Anyone can register” setting under General > Membership […]

By default, WordPress doesn’t support uploading of AVIF images to the media library. Luckily this is super easy to fix with a minor addition to your theme’s functions.php file and a helpful plugin. The Solution Add the following PHP code to your theme’s functions.php file: 2. Download & activate the Lord of the Files: Enhanced […]

If you use the excellent Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin and the Gutenberg editor you may notice the seamless style has no effect. Choosing either Standard (WP metabox) or Seamless (no metabox) has no visual effect on the ACF field group. ACF removed the seamless styling from Gutenberg editor due to “due to styling […]

The Gutenberg editor comes with a whole bunch of useful blocks by default but you might not want to use them all. Updated November 2020: You can now enable/disable blocks from the block inserter using the Block Manager included in WordPress 5.2+ Typically you’ll want to only allow specific blocks when customizing the CMS for […]

I recently released a free WordPress plugin called MomentoPress. This plugin allows you to easily display 360° VR photos and videos uploaded to Momento360 on your WordPress site. This is not an official plugin by Momento360 and it is not affiliated or supported by Momento360. Let’s see it in action! Here you go! You can view a […]