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Presto Chango: The magic of block transforms

WordPress block transforms provide content editors with an easy way to migrate content from one block to another. The core editor already includes many transforms from one core block to another. Turn a paragraph block into a heading. Turn an image block into a cover.

But, did you know that you can up your post editor game by writing your own transforms? Turn a core block into your own custom block! Give your content editors the ability to easily switch between two blocks and create custom shortcuts that will automatically populate a custom block.

Dynamic Blocks FTW!: Customize Gutenberg Without Living in Fear of Validation Errors

Picture this: You write a brand new custom Gutenberg block. Sometime later, you realize that you need to change your block’s markup to either fix a bug or add a new feature. Suddenly, the editor crashes your block. Validation error! You can fix this with a deprecation object. Or… could there be a better way?

Enter the dynamic block. In this workshop, you will learn about the difference between dynamic and static blocks, how block validation works, and how to write a dynamic block. You will never have to write a deprecation again!

Customizing Gutenberg: Lessons Learned at Georgetown

The new Gutenberg editor comes with so many great content blocks. However, what if your editors have special use cases for their content that cannot be easily created with Gutenberg’s out-of-the-box blocks? At Georgetown, we have created a series of custom Gutenberg blocks in an effort to address our editors’ unique content needs.

Accessible Development Class

In addition to my Accessible Development conference talk, I have also lead a class for fellow Georgetown staff members about how to develop web sites in an accessible manner.