Cory is joined by Justin Tadlock of Automattic to talk about his series of articles on the WordPress developer blog about adding custom controls to core blocks, theme scaffolding, and workflow scripts.

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, and TikTok as @InTheLoop_WP, and we’re on LinkedIn too.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit blackbird.digital for more information.

Transcript: https://blackbird.digital/podcast/28-writing-block-themes-with-justin-tadlock/

## Links

(02:07) Justin on Ryan Welcher's Thursday Twitch Streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6tqqlBVvo

(04:50) Archived version of themehybrid.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20191101014914/https://themehybrid.com/

(05:23) Justin's writing for the WP Tavern: https://wptavern.com/author/justintadlock

(08:34) WP Tavern's first redesign: https://wptavern.com/wp-taverns-new-design-no-more-wood-grain

(14:50) Beyond Block Styles part 1: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/07/beyond-block-styles-part-1-using-the-wordpress-scripts-package-with-themes/

(15:01) Beyond Block Styles part 2: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/07/beyond-block-styles-part-2-building-a-custom-style-for-the-separator-block/

(15:15) Beyond Block Styles part 3: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/08/beyond-block-styles-part-3-building-custom-design-tools/

(27:03) Interactivity API Proposal: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/03/30/proposal-the-interactivity-api-a-better-developer-experience-in-building-interactive-blocks/

(30:03) @wordpress/scripts reference: https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-scripts/

(34:08) First Draft theme scaffold: https://github.com/justintadlock/first-draft/

(41:59) x3p0-ideas theme: https://github.com/x3p0-dev/x3p0-ideas/

(58:54) Theme Handbook Overhaul GitHub issue: https://github.com/WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker/issues/816

(59:56) Theme Handbook Overhaul Proposal: https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2023/04/04/theme-handbook-overhaul-proposal/

(1:00:08) Theme Handbook Overhaul Phase 2: https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2023/05/17/theme-handbook-overhaul-phase-2-creating-content/

(1:02:08) Justin's Blog: https://justintadlock.com/

Cory and Phil are joined by Scott Kingsley Clark of Pagely and the Pods Framework. We talk about Pods vs ACF (in a friendly non-competitive way), the Core Fields API project, and the JavaScriptification of the WordPress admin.

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit blackbird.digital for more information.

Transcript: https://blackbird.digital/podcast/27-its-time-for-core-fields-with-scott-kingsley-clark/

## Links

(05:35) Pods website: https://pods.io/

(21:45) Core Fields API on GitHub: https://github.com/sc0ttkclark/wordpress-fields-api/

(26:55) Calypso: https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso

(56:25) WordPress Slack: https://make.wordpress.org/chat/

(57:22) Elliot Condon is back: https://twitter.com/elliotcondon/status/1667470204425871360

(1:01:26) Scott's website: https://skc.dev/

Cory, Phil, and Jack talk about the recent explosion of machine learning algorithms, how they will affect what we do as developers and designers, and how we do it—if we still have jobs at all.

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit blackbird.digital for more information.

Transcript:​​ https://blackbird.digital/podcast/26-ai-generated-episode/

## Links

(06:19) Scientific journals update policies regarding AI-generated text: https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2023/3/feature/2-artificial-intelligence-ethics

(06:30) Clarkesworld literary magazine closes submissions due to AI: http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/

(06:38) DALL-E 2 generated image wins photography contest: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-my-ai-image-won-a-major-photography-competition/

(06:47) Midjourney-generated image wins Colorado State Fair competition: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html

(07:06) Stack Overflow bans AI-generated responses: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned

(07:59) The Great Catspy generated movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITq-mG67qiE

(08:16) Pandas at a salon on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenskulltok/video/7225287120343026971

(11:20) Ryan Welcher livestream integrating OpenAI into the Block Editor: https://youtu.be/88c6z1XEvG0

(12:34) How Diffusion Models Work (video): https://www.isikdogan.com/blog/how-diffusion-models-work.html

(14:08) Nvidia real-time up-res: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/nvidias-new-ai-upscaling-tech-makes-low-res-videos-look-sharper-in-chrome-edge/

(15:12) Adobe Sensei: https://www.adobe.com/sensei.html

(16:11) Adobe Firefly: https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/firefly.html

(16:56) Content Authenticity Initiative: https://contentauthenticity.org/

(17:03) Glaze: https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/

(26:50) Hilarious Twitter thread overconfident about code from ChatGPT: https://twitter.com/rachel_l_woods/status/1649790435533922307

(33:39) Mastodon poll about creating an In The Loop brand account: https://mastodon.social/@cr0ybot/109870145158979704

Aurooba Ahmed and Brian Coords are back to talk to Cory and Phil about their new podcast, viewSource—well, new as of January 2023. We talk about why they started it, who it's for, and why we keep putting ourselves out there.

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit blackbird.digital for more information.

Transcript:​​ https://blackbird.digital/podcast/25-learning-out-loud-with-aurooba-ahmed-brian-coords/

## Links

(03:02) viewSource.fm: https://viewsource.fm

(29:00) thedaily5.xyz: https://thedaily5.xyz/

(35:07) WPEngine DE{CODE} 2023: https://events.wpengine.com/event/b1c1e30f-2c73-4abb-a609-52afaed68717/

(44:58) 2015 State of the Word: https://us.wordcamp.org/2015/state-of-the-word-2015/

(57:14) Brian's WordCamp Phoenix 2023 session: https://phoenix.wordcamp.org/2023/session/migrating-your-workflow-from-acf-flexible-content-to-acf-blocks/

(1:02:23) Super List Block plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/superlist-block/

(1:06:38) Safe SVG plugin adds a block (GitHub issue): https://github.com/10up/safe-svg/issues/21

Cory and Phil interview Fränk Klein, founder of and educator at WPDevelopment.courses and Principal Engineer at Human Made. We talk about some considerations for WordPress at scale and how that affects architectural choices, how WordPress as a project is or is not keeping up with modern industry standards, and why you might consider using the site editor for your next enterprise client.

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit blackbird.digital for more information.

Transcript: https://blackbird.digital/podcast/24-enterprise-blocks-with-frank-klein/

## Links

(06:39) Block-Based Bosco theme: https://wordpress.org/themes/block-based-bosco/

(24:38) Aino Blocks: https://ainoblocks.io/

(26:14) WordPress dev blog about intrinsic design: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/02/intrinsic-design-theming-and-rethinking-how-to-design-with-wordpress/

(39:27) Human Made collaborative editing: https://twitter.com/humanmadeltd/status/1626171278423109633?s=20

(47:44) WordPress 6.1 contributor stats: https://jeanbaptisteaudras.com/en/2022/11/contribution-stats-for-wordpress-6-1-misha/

(54:29) WPDevelopment.courses website: https://jeanbaptisteaudras.com/en/2022/11/contribution-stats-for-wordpress-6-1-misha/

(56:34) Block Theme Academy course (affiliate link): https://wpdevelopment.courses/a/blackbird-digital

Cory and Phil kick off 2023 with a look at what we changed about our custom theme workflow last year, including a particularly vigorous discussion about template tags, and some goals for new things we want to try this year. We also couldn't help talking about admin page redesigns. And there's even a question for you, dear listener, about social media.

If you have questions about WordPress, website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you'd like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Transcript: https://blackbird.digital/podcast/23-transitions-templates-transcripts/

## Links

(5:25) Blackbird's Theme Scaffold: https://github.com/BlackbirdDigital/wp-theme-scaffold

(19:19) GulpWP: https://github.com/BlackbirdDigital/gulp-wp

(51:05) Yoast design system tweet: https://twitter.com/jdevalk/status/1618152402489856003

(59:12) WPTavern Ninja Forms 3.0 release: https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-3-0-released-features-new-drag-and-drop-form-builder

It’s an In The Loop holiday special! Cory and Phil listen back to clips from every episode this season and judge themselves harshly. If you haven’t listened to all of the season 2 episodes yet, or if you’re curious about our thoughts since the episodes aired, you won’t want to miss this. Thank you to all of our season 2 guests, and to all of the new and returning listeners!

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit https://blackbird.digital for more information.

## Season 2 Episode Links

(4:18) Pajamas & Burnout: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/12-Pajamas--Burnout-e1e2mhq

(10:28) Accessibility by Default with Bet Hannon: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/13-Accessibility-by-Default-with-Bet-Hannon-e1fornp

(16:20) All the Web's a Stage with Allie Nimmons: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/14-All-the-Webs-a-Stage-with-Allie-Nimmons-e1h1rgo

(28:07) Number Goes Up: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/15-Number-Goes-Up-e1ikm16

(47:25) Just Build It with Aurooba Ahmed: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/16-Just-Build-It-with-Aurooba-Ahmed-e1jui2f

(1:00:54) Build Your Product Muscles with Lesley Sim: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/17-Build-Your-Product-Muscles-with-Lesley-Sim-e1l3dri

(1:14:05) We Like Gutenberg, We Swear!: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/18-We-Like-Gutenberg--We-Swear-e1mhn78

(1:18:30) All-In on Gutenberg with Ryan Welcher: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/19-All-In-on-Gutenberg-with-Ryan-Welcher-e1noamk

(1:26:32) Equal Access with Amber Hinds: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/20-Equal-Access-with-Amber-Hinds-e1p2v09

(1:30:41) Mastering Theme Development with Brian Coords: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/21-Mastering-Theme-Development-with-Brian-Coords-e1qonaa

## Other Links

(3:04) Season 1 Highlights: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/11-Season-1-Highlights-e1c2cgs

(25:51) Why Wordpress: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/1-Why-WordPress-eaontu

Cory and Phil interview Brian Coords of Howard Development & Consulting and Editor at Master WP. We talk about connecting with the wider WordPress community as an agency, how we’ve been experimenting with Gutenberg for client sites and how it’s affected our entire process, theme scaffolding and Understrap, and why it still makes sense for us to build “hybrid” themes even though we like Gutenberg.

Brian is writing a companion article to this episode that you can find on Master WP.Please give it a read! https://masterwp.com/intheloop

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit blackbird.digital for more information.

## Links

(5:15) Master WP: https://masterwp.com/

(12:29) Allie Nimmons interview: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/14-All-the-Webs-a-Stage-with-Allie-Nimmons-e1h1rgo

(15:35) Ryan Welcher interview: https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/19-All-In-on-Gutenberg-with-Ryan-Welcher-e1noamk

(24:08) Block Template Parts in classic themes: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/10/04/block-based-template-parts-in-traditional-themes/

(24:57) Understrap: https://understrap.com/

(27:28) Understrap on GitHub: https://github.com/understrap/understrap

(33:04) Blackbird's Theme Scaffold: https://github.com/BlackbirdDigital/wp-theme-scaffold

(53:25) Matt's comments about dot-org using a block theme: https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2022/08/01/developing-the-redesigned-home-and-download-pages/#comment-9362

(1:04:44) ACF-style native blocks with Ryan Welcher: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1604490468

(1:05:12) 10up Gutenberg Best Practices: https://gutenberg.10up.com/

Brian's website: https://www.briancoords.com/

Brian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/briancoords

Brain on Master WP: https://masterwp.com/author/brian-coords/

Master WP companion article: https://masterwp.com/intheloop

Cory and Phil interview Amber Hinds of Equalize Digital, an agency and plugin company that specializes in accessibility. We talk about their Accessibility Checker plugin, how it can be useful for agencies and their clients, and the journey of building it, as well as Amber’s involvement as Lead Organizer of this year’s WordPress Accessibility Day happening November 2, 2022.

If you have questions about WordPress website development, contributing, or anything else web-related that you’d like to hear us discuss, send an email to [email protected]. You can also find us on Twitter as @InTheLoop_WP.

Blackbird Digital is a web and app development agency that specializes in WordPress, creating on-screen experiences that connect, teach, communicate, and inspire. Visit https://blackbird.digital for more information.

## Links

Equalize Digital: https://equalizedigital.com

(12:35) WP Conference Schedule plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-conference-schedule/

(19:11) Accessibility Checker free version: https://wordpress.org/plugins/accessibility-checker/

(21:30) Accessibility Checker Pro: https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker/

(46:11) WordPress Accessibility Meetup: https://equalizedigital.com/wordpress-accessibility-meetup/

(47:19) WordPress Accessibility Day virtual conference: https://wpaccessibility.day/

(53:24) Conference schedule: https://wpaccessibility.day/schedule/

(56:55) Amber on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyamberhinds

(56:58) Equalize Digital on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EqualizeDigital

## Upcoming WP Events

WordPress Accessibility Day, Nov 2–3, 2022: https://wpaccessibility.day/

WordFest Live, Nov 18: https://www.wordfest.live/

Cory interviews Ryan Welcher, a Developer Advocate at Automattic focusing on the Gutenberg Project, as a special follow-up to our last episode, titled “We Like Gutenberg, We Swear!”. We talk about his WCUS talk, being a Developer Advocate, how to write to post meta with custom blocks, scaffolding with the @wordpress/create-block package, the convenience of ACF fields, and more.

## Links

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ryanwelchercodes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanWelcherCodes

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanwelcher

Website: https://ryanwelcher.com

Discord: https://discord.gg/RYtFaYbMRM

(03:34) WCUS 2022 Extending WordPress with SlotFill: https://youtu.be/ql4hhXWcdik?t=27235

(08:34) Twitch repo: https://github.com/ryanwelcher/twitch

(30:28) HTML Walker proposal: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/08/19/a-new-system-for-simply-and-reliably-updating-html-attributes/

(33:34) @wordpress/create-block package: https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-create-block/

(1:03:50) Query Block variations PR: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/43632

(1:04:55) Twitch Code Repo for custom field block: https://github.com/ryanwelcher/twitch/tree/trunk/plugins/custom-field-block/src

(1:05:09) Integrating a custom post type into Gutenberg and Full Site Editing: https://youtu.be/vr3wgD9IZRA

## Upcoming WP Events

WordPress Accessibility Day, Nov 2-3: https://wpaccessibility.day/

WordFest Live, Nov 18: https://www.wordfest.live/