Matt Watson

Matt Watson

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Crafting wonderfully wholesome things with WordPress since 2006, web developer since 1996, and remote worker since 2014, I am a developer, farther and a husband, based in Yorkshire, UK.

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Invalidate getEntityRecords Cache in the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)

Jul 28, 20221 min read 219 views

If you have used the Gutenberg API to include post data in your blocks, say with getEntityRecords, and you have some level of interactivity that...

Invalidate getEntityRecords Cache in the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)

The WP Owls #OwlLinkChallenge

Nov 19, 20211 min read 247 views

When WP Owls asked me to come up with a block-based tutorial for their site, I decided to give them not one, but two solutions. I recreated their...

The WP Owls #OwlLinkChallenge

Filter (almost) any text string in WordPress using gettext

Nov 5, 20211 min read 601 views

I had an interesting job land on my desk today. A customer wanted to change a text string within a third party plugin, however there was no settings...

Filter (almost) any text string in WordPress using gettext

Use a Modal Popup to Add Additional Attributes with registerBlockFormat

Sep 27, 20217 min read 987 views

We have had a look at Applying Formats to your Post Content with registerFormatType. But what if we want to add additional colours to our highlighter...

Use a Modal Popup to Add Additional Attributes with registerBlockFormat

Format your Post Content with registerFormatType

Sep 27, 20216 min read 1.3K views

You can add custom buttons to the toolbar in WordPress Gutenberg quite easily, but did you know you can also add format type controls to the format...

Format your Post Content with registerFormatType

Create a Custom Sidebar with PluginSidebar

Mar 30, 20213 min read 882 views

We have taken a look at custom block sidebars, third party block sidebars via InspectorControls, and how to add controls to the post sidebar. In this...

Create a Custom Sidebar with PluginSidebar