WordPress Dev Monthly Recap July 2019
Tags: wordpress, webdev, php, javascript
Published: 2019-07-31 17:38:53

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title: WordPress Dev Monthly Recap July 2019
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description: A curated list of WordPress theme and plugin development related news articles, tutorials and other resources written or updated in the month Juli of 2019.
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[Originally posted on my website on Juli 31th 2019](https://since1979.dev/nl/wordpress-samenvatting-juli-2019/

WordPress July in short.
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The month of Juli has been relatively calm for WordPress with no core updates. There was, however, the release of [Gutenberg 6.1](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/) with various [improvements and bug fixes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/07/12/php-coding-standards-changes/). In addition, [the php coding standards](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/07/12/php-coding-standards-changes/) have been updated to make use of more modern php syntax.

There also was a pretty cool plug-in release for developers. Namely [WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields](https://www.wpgraphql.com/acf/). This plugin is a add-on to [WPGraphQL](https://www.wpgraphql.com/) and enables you to communicate with your Advanced Custom Field data using GraphQL Queries.

WordPress tutorials and resources.
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-   Video: [Headless WordPress with WPGraphQL, ACF, and React](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGuI0UmpMw) by [Alex Young](https://twitter.com/_WPCasts_tv_).
-   [WordPress Performance & Digging into PHP](https://pagely.com/blog/wordpress-performance-php/) by [Lizzie Kardon](https://twitter.com/Pagely).
-   [Growing JavaScript Skills with WordPress](https://gziolo.pl/2019/07/15/growing-javascript-skills-with-wordpress/) [](https://t.co/pRHUR8jXll?amp=1) by [Grzegorz Ziółkowski](https://twitter.com/gziolo).
-   [Leveraging the Power of Custom Elements in Gutenberg](https://felix-arntz.me/blog/leveraging-the-power-of-custom-elements-in-gutenberg/) by [Felix Arntz](https://twitter.com/felixarntz).
-   [Middleware for WordPress Api](https://dev.to/christopherarter/middleware-for-wordpress-g4k) by [Chris Arter](https://twitter.com/ChrisArter).
-   [Wordup CLI](https://wordup.dev/) is an open-source development toolkit for setting up and managing your local WordPress Theme/Plugin development [](https://t.co/7g4J4IIYw5?amp=1) by [WordUp](https://twitter.com/wordup_dev).
-   [Extending Gutenberg With SlotFill and Filters](https://10up.com/blog/2019/extending-gutenberg-with-slotfill/#more-20362) by [10up](https://twitter.com/10up).
-   [Load ACF fields via PHP without losing importability](https://dev.to/jacobdb/import-acf-fields-via-php-without-losing-importability-5a8o) by [Jacob Bearce](https://dev.to/jacobdb)[.](https://t.co/coseb3PDfw?amp=1)
-   [Getting gutenberg block data in the REST API](https://www.spacedmonkey.com/2019/07/03/gutenberg-block-data-in-the-rest-api/) by [Jonny Harris](https://twitter.com/thespacedmonkey).
-   [Headless WordPress: Updating User Settings](https://ibenic.com/headless-wordpress-updating-user-settings/) by [Igor Benić](https://twitter.com/igorbenic).

Web development tutorials and resources.
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-   Designing And Building A Progressive Web Application Without A Framework [part 1](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/07/progressive-web-application-pwa-framework-part-1/), [part 2](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/07/progressive-web-application-pwa-framework-part-2/) and [part 3](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/07/progressive-web-application-pwa-framework-part-3/) by [Ben Frain](https://twitter.com/benfrain).
-   [Adding Multiple Coding Standards with Composer](https://tommcfarlin.com/multiple-coding-standards-with-composer/) by [Tom McFarlin](https://twitter.com/tommcfarlin).
-   [Coda will become Nova](https://panic.com/nova/) by [](https://twitter.com/panic) [Panic](https://twitter.com/panic).
-   Scrimba course: [Learn CSS Grid for free](https://scrimba.com/g/gR8PTE) by Per [Harald Borgen](https://twitter.com/perborgen).
-   [Typed properties in PHP](https://stitcher.io/blog/typed-properties-in-php-74) [](https://t.co/ZlGbGapciv?amp=1) by [Brent](https://twitter.com/brendt_gd).
-   [What's New in PHP 7.4 (Features, Deprecations, Speed)](https://kinsta.com/blog/php-7-4/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=php7-4) [](https://t.co/LSLfAFbhmb?amp=1) by [Carlo](https://twitter.com/carlodaniele)[.](https://twitter.com/carlodaniele)
-   Video: [JavaScript Higher Order Functions & Arrays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRgD1yVwIvE) by [Brad Traversy](https://twitter.com/traversymedia)[.](https://twitter.com/traversymedia)
-   [Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/07/javascript-knowledge-reading-source-code/) [](https://t.co/qPWWDICyoT?amp=1) by [Carl Mungazi](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/07/javascript-knowledge-reading-source-code/).
-   [A simple Git guide and cheat sheet for open source contributors](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-simple-git-guide-and-cheat-sheet-for-open-source-contributors/) [](https://t.co/ko95G4907Q?amp=1) by [Saheed Oladele](https://twitter.com/Kayrodde).
-   [Making width and flexible items play nice together](https://css-tricks.com/making-width-and-flexible-items-play-nice-together/) by [Robin Rendle](https://twitter.com/robinrendle)[.](https://twitter.com/robinrendle)
-   [DarkmodeJs](https://github.com/Assortment/darkmodejs): Utility package for managing Dark Mode on the web by [Luke Whitehouse](https://twitter.com/_lukewh).

Suggestions?
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If you have any suggestions for good article or other resources please do let me know! You can get in touch via Twitter: [Vanaf1979](https://bit.ly/2RCf9eF), or here on [Dev.to](https://dev.to/vanaf1979).

**Have a great August.**