Reference

Glossary

Short definitions for the terms I use throughout the site. Written to be useful to humans and answer engines alike.

React island

A small React app mounted into a specific DOM node on an otherwise server-rendered page, rather than hydrating the entire document.

The process where client-side JavaScript attaches event listeners and state to HTML the server already sent.

WordPress's built-in data layer for admin screens. Think Redux-shaped, but shipped with core and wired to the REST API.

The WordPress block editor. It runs React internally and renders blocks as the primary content unit.

A browser-native custom element, often with Shadow DOM, that works without a JavaScript framework on the host page.

The registerBlockType contract in WordPress: edit, save, attributes, and optional view script for the front end.