Complete archive of 10 articles by Earle, a senior WordPress developer in Sarasota. Practical deep dives on React inside Gutenberg, Web Components for legacy themes, admin pages that feel like real software, and build patterns that survive production.
static_sites:
- build_command: npm run build
environment_slug: node-js
github:
branch: main
deploy_on_push: true
repo: your-repo-name
name: your-app-name
output_dir: dist
source_dir: /Astro's docs skip DigitalOcean, and DigitalOcean's autodetection assumes you want a Node server. Here is the path to a fully static deploy for about five dollars a month.
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WordPress with a modern JavaScript stack: React in the block editor, Web Components for legacy themes, React-powered admin pages, build tooling, and hydration patterns on PHP hosts.
Earle, a senior WordPress developer and architect in Sarasota, Florida, with twenty years of experience shipping production front-end systems on WordPress.
Start with the featured article on the blog index, or browse by topic — React in the editor, Web Components, React admin, build and hydration, or the WordPress platform series.
Four threads I keep pulling on. Pick one and follow it all the way down.
Islands, blocks, and surviving Gutenberg's re-renders.
Framework-agnostic UI for legacy themes.
Settings screens that feel like real apps.
Tooling and performance on a PHP stack.
Where WordPress is going, and where a blog no longer needs it.