Digging into ACF Blocks for the Block Editor
Aurooba and Brian dig into ACF Blocks and how taking a design from mockup to built with the Block Editor requires a mindset adjustment. They also talk through the code of a real ACF Block, coding LIVE on the episode and discussing the pros and cons of ACF Blocks versus native blocks – with support from GitHub Copilot, of course.
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✨ Helpful links from the episode
ACF Blocks – https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/...
Brian's website – https://briancoords.com/
Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:18 Our ACF origin stories
00:03:38 Switching to ACF Blocks from Flexible Content Rows
00:06:32 The pros and cons of JSON
00:08:18 Building blocks without a build process
00:09:20 The two main types of blocks
00:12:34 Why Aurooba never tried ACF Blocks before
00:13:57 The fragility of blocks in the early days
00:15:25 Approaching design atomically instead of as rows and columns
00:20:06 Building a block with ACF Blocks
00:23:25 Enabling Core Supports in ACF Blocks
00:26:11 Live Coding: Adding background color support to the block
00:31:37 Are ACF Blocks here to stay?
