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What’s new for developers? (September 2026) (opens the original)
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Gutenberg 23.8 and 23.9 bring declarable block keyboard shortcuts, theme.json schema fixes for responsive states, and a batch of new deprecations.
Hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API (opens the original)
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WordPress 7.1 introduces a public API for custom icons. Discover how to register collections and render SVGs easily with this complete, practical tutorial.
What’s new for developers? (August 2026) (opens the original)
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WordPress 7.1 ships August 19, and the Field Guide is out. Responsive block styles, pseudo states, the SVG Icon API, and an always-iframed post editor coming soon.
Rethinking do_action(): Events as objects, hooks as class names (opens the original)
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How to use typed event objects to improve the payload you send to plugin and theme extenders.
Build your first AI-Powered WordPress plugin (opens the original)
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If you've been watching the Core AI projects land and wondering how the pieces fit together in a real plugin, then this post is for you. We're going to build one together, step by step, focusing on how to implement each of the three AI building blocks.
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