Tag: WordPress

In January I blogged how to create a WordPress widget that uses CodeMirror for editing CSS.  Last month WordPress 5.8 was released.  This changed the way traditional/existing widgets are rendered to enable them to co-exist with the new Guttenberg Widget Block editor. The fully amended blog can be found here.

WordPress uses CodeMirror for the CSS editor within its Customiser. CodeMirror provides support for syntax highlighting, linting, and code competition. Would it not be great to be able to use that in your own Widget? >>> This article has been updated following the release of WordPress 5.8. WordPress 5.8 introduced the block editor to widget areas. Traditional widgets were still…