Posts tagged: gutenberg

The Gutenberg block editor changed how WordPress content is created, introducing a visual drag-and-drop interface built from reusable blocks. For most use cases it is an improvement — flexible, intuitive, and powerful enough to build complex layouts without extra plugins. However, not every post type benefits from the block editor experience. Custom post types used…

Gutenberg’s core Table block renders a plain <figure> wrapping a <table> — functional, but with no responsive overflow handling and no Bootstrap utility classes. On a theme that uses Bootstrap, this means tables overflow their container on small screens and lack the visual styling (striped rows, dark header) that the rest of the UI uses.…

Dynamic dates show up on almost every WordPress site — most often in the footer copyright line, but also in post content, ACF fields, Contact Form 7 forms, and email templates. The typical approach is to hardcode the year and update it manually every January, which developers invariably forget. WordPress shortcodes solve this cleanly: register…

The Gutenberg editor saves posts via the REST API. When saving fails, the editor shows a generic “Updating failed” banner that gives no clue about the actual cause. Here are the four most common reasons — and how to fix each one.

Your site runs on HTTPS, but images, scripts, or stylesheets are still loading over HTTP. Browsers block these “mixed content” requests — and in some cases they cause Gutenberg to fail saving. The root cause is almost always a hardcoded http:// URL somewhere in wp-config.php or the database.