Under the hood, Nicholas is using the Underpin framework to manage all things WordPress. This post shares a few of my personal favorite helper functions that make Underpin so, so good to use.
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Signs You Should Not Use a Custom Post Type
Custom post types get misused all the time. Learn to identify the signs that you should not use a custom post type in WordPress
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Handy Underpin Helper Functions That Make WordPress Development Easier
Learn about a few handy helper functions that the WordPress plugin framework Underpin provides
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Alex Standiford
I put together a very, VERY basic demo site using the nearly headless method.
It’s fast. Really fast. Like, holy cow you can’t believe how fast it is fast.
You can see it in-action here:
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Alex Standiford
I’ve got the preload middleware built. The results are load times that look like the page broke because it just…loads instantly.
Obviously more markup/css will slow this down, but it’s still FAST.
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Alex Standiford
Let’s talk about one of my favorite patterns in programming. These are used ALL OVER the place, regardless of if you know you’re using them, or not.
This post talks about how registries work, and how you can make your own for your #WordPress plugin.
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How Registries Make Your WordPress Plugin Scale-Able
Learn about the registry pattern, how WordPress uses this code pattern, and how you can use it for your own plugins
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Alex Standiford
Current status of the Nearly Headless theme rebuild
Current minified script size: 58.5 KiB
Route, cache, and history support is implemented, using @Alpine_JS and Nicholas for routing
Templates are structured to enable pages to load using PHP instead of alpine.
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Alex Standiford
I’ve built a few sites using the nearly headless method, but it’s been specific to my needs. To make this something that’s truly replicate-able (and teach-able), I have to abstract the code.
So, with that, I’d like to introduce you to Nicholas.
https://t.co/nRWlAw3amA Nicholas is a little extend-able library that helps with one of the key components of my nearly headless approach to building #WordPress websites – caching. Really, the entire approach revolves around this.More on that:
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Alex Standiford
I just now installed my first-ever block library plugin. Holy shit I’ve been missing out. #WordPress