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A .gitignore for WordPress on GitHub
The line between what belongs in a WordPress repository and what must never enter it is sharp. The moment wp-config.php lands in a repo, your database password and…
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Development workflow Intro
Installing WP-CLI, and why local differs from the server
Move click-work to the command line and the work becomes a record. Installing takes ten minutes; deciding which PHP it runs on and as which user saves you…
Development workflow Intro
Actions and filters: the return value is the whole difference
add_action and add_filter write into the same registry. Only one thing separates them: a filter must return a value, and one that forgets silently nulls the thing it…
Development workflow Intro
Choosing a local environment: Docker, native stacks, built-in server
The three options differ less in convenience than in what they share with production. Once you know which differences matter to this project, the choice is quick.
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Working with AI
Writing a CLAUDE.md — teaching an AI coding assistant your project
AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot do better work the more precisely they know your project. Here is a structure and a set of principles that hold up.
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Working with AI
Prompting an AI for UI design — drafting with Claude and GPT
Asking an AI to "make a nice button" gets you a disappointing button. Structured prompts that carry constraints, references and a defined role get you the design you meant.
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Themes & plugins
SCSS from the ground up — variables through module structure
The core syntax of SCSS (Sass) and what it solves that plain CSS cannot: variables, nesting, mixins, @use and module structure — organised around patterns you can use immediately.
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Themes & plugins
Design tokens and theme colour systems — brand identity in SCSS variables
How to turn a colour palette from a pile of hex codes into a system that means something — semantic token structure and SCSS variable patterns, from a real project.
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Performance optimization
Designing a responsive typography system — the science of readability
Hard-coded pixel font sizes are over. Type scales, fluid sizing with clamp(), Korean webfont optimisation and line-height ratios — building typography that reads well on any screen.
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Development workflow
From Figma to SCSS — a designer-developer handoff guide
Minimising what gets lost between a Figma file and the code: extracting tokens, naming components, keeping the spacing system in sync — the whole workflow, step by step.