AI embeddings in WordPress and Query Loop block post ordering
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Hey Reader! I’ve been diving deep into some exciting WordPress topics over the past month, and I wanted to share some key insights and updates with you. 🏹 Better search with AI embeddings in WordPressCurious about AI embeddings in WordPress? I put together a guide explaining how they can power better search results and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems. If you’re looking to enhance search functionalities in WP, this is worth checking out! (Tweet) Turns out that even the oldest MySQL versions can store embedding vectors as packed 32-bit floats but handling the distance calculations in PHP is a very math-intensive operation! (Tweet) 🛞 Custom menu order ordering (yes) for Query Loop blockMy fix for adding custom menu order sorting to the Query Loop block has been merged! It should be landing in WP core with the next Gutenberg sync. This makes it easier to customize content order dynamically within block-based themes. (Tweet) 📍 Image focal point setting for all attachmentsWouldn’t it be great if image attachments supported the focal point selector already available in Gutenberg? It would generate much better intermediate sizes and crops where the subject is actually well positioned. I’m exploring this feature for the Image Pilot plugin. 🔤 System font stacks in WPCould WordPress offer system font stacks for all themes out of the box? It could be a huge performance boost! (Tweet) Are you working on anything interesting in WP right now? Hit reply and let me know! Until next time, |
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Hey Reader! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for an exciting year ahead. While publishing an update to the Native SSO plugin (still in development), I decided to record a video of the process in case you might find it useful. In the video, I demonstrate a GitHub workflow that: Prompts for a version to tag for release, Extracts the plugin directory from the monorepo using git subtree, Automatically generates the changelog, and Tags a version release in the distribution...
Hey Reader! On Monday I posted a few tweets, toots and threads that could be interesting to you as a developer. Below is a summary of them: After hearing about the ACF "fork" (more like takeover) due to an unresolved security issue, I immediately went looking at the changesets to find the actual issue (what could be so critical?). Turns out (see the Twitter thread) ACF now allows you to register custom post types and taxonomies from the WP admin and one of the settings to configure is the...