WordPress Developer Hours: Migrate a plugin to blocks (APAC)

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Published Feb 22, 2025

Developer Hours are informal discussions where WordPress developers can talk about a variety of related topics with both peers and experts.

In this session a group of developers talk about adding a block implementation of a shortcode or widget to an existing plugin.
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Links from the video:

Block Editor Handbook - https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/
Gutenberg repo - https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/
WordPress Development Stack Exchange - https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/
Gutenberg examples repo - https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg-examples
docs_dangit - https://docs-dang.it/
Dynamic blocks - https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/how-to-guides/block-tutorial/creating-dynamic-blocks/
Contributing - https://make.wordpress.org/
Converting a shortcode to a block - https://learn.wordpress.org/course/converting-a-shortcode-to-a-block/
WordPress Developer Blog - https://developer.wordpress.org/news/
20th anniversary merchandise - https://mercantile.wordpress.org/

"Learn" courses mentioned:
- https://learn.wordpress.org/course/converting-a-shortcode-to-a-block/
- https://learn.wordpress.org/course/using-the-wordpress-data-layer/
- https://learn.wordpress.org/course/introduction-to-block-development-build-your-first-custom-block/
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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:25 - Keeping up with development
0:06:58 - WooCommerce
0:12:29 - Using hooks with blocks
0:16:46 - Translating documentation
0:20:49 - On the need for a developer's forum / learning community
0:27:26 - Code examples
0:30:18 - Developing more advanced blocks
0:34:08 - Dynamic blocks
0:37:37 - Community and contributing
0:43:00 - Learning from open source code
0:46:44 - The WordPress Developer Blog
0:48:35 - On learning to code vs visual builder
0:54:20 - Wrap-up