🧱 Custom Gutenberg Blocks with React

📖 8 Lessons ⏱️ 98 min 📊 Intermediate

Master custom block development for WordPress using React, modern JavaScript, and the Block Editor API. Build interactive, dynamic blocks from scratch with proper attributes, controls, and server-side rendering. Learn the complete block development workflow from scaffolding to publishing your blocks as a plugin.

What You'll Learn

  • Build custom Gutenberg blocks from scratch
  • Use React components within WordPress
  • Implement block attributes and InspectorControls
  • Create dynamic blocks with ServerSideRender
  • Build reusable block patterns
  • Publish blocks as standalone plugins

Course Content

1
Introduction to Block Development ⏱️ 10 min

Understand the Gutenberg architecture, block anatomy, and set up your development environment.

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2
Building the Edit Component ⏱️ 14 min

Create the editor-side React component with RichText, MediaUpload, and attribute handling.

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3
The Save Component & Serialization ⏱️ 12 min

Understand how blocks save content to the database and build the Save component.

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4
Inspector Controls & Block Toolbar ⏱️ 13 min

Add sidebar settings with InspectorControls and toolbar options with BlockControls.

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5
Dynamic Blocks & ServerSideRender ⏱️ 15 min

Build blocks that render dynamically with PHP, perfect for displaying posts, queries, or real-time data.

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6
Block Variations & Transforms ⏱️ 11 min

Create block variations for different presets and transforms to convert between block types.

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7
Frontend Interactivity & View Scripts ⏱️ 13 min

Add frontend JavaScript for interactive blocks using View Scripts and the Interactivity API.

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8
Packaging & Publishing Blocks ⏱️ 10 min

Package your blocks for distribution as a plugin, to npm, or include in a theme.

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