A small, field-tested developer library .

Use this whenever you need a custom header, footer, or sidebar navigation… ~5 min setup

Beginner friendly

WordPress register nav menu PHP – Custom Navigation

Register a custom menu location with register_nav_menus(), then render it in your template with wp_nav_menu(). Includes fallback handling and a full production header nav.

Use this when editors need to choose a visual style — button… ~4 min setup

Beginner friendly

ACF Select Field — Use Choices as CSS Modifiers in PHP

Read an ACF Select field value and apply it as a BEM modifier class. Lets editors choose button style, card layout, or colour scheme from a fixed list.

Use this when editors choose posts manually — "Related Articles", "See Also",… ~5 min setup

Beginner friendly

ACF Relationship Field — Loop Related Posts in PHP

Loop through hand-picked related posts stored in an ACF Relationship field. Returns WP_Post objects — render title, permalink, and thumbnail without extra queries.

Use this when your page or custom post type needs a photo… ~10 min setup

ACF Gallery Field with Lightbox

Loop through an ACF Gallery field, render thumbnails with srcset, and open full-size images in a vanilla JS lightbox — no plugins, no jQuery.

Use this when your custom post type needs grouping or filtering —… ~5 min setup

WordPress Custom Taxonomy Registration

Register a custom taxonomy in WordPress using register_taxonomy() — hierarchical (category-like) or flat (tag-like), with full i18n labels, REST API support, and permalink slugs.

Use this when your editor needs to add, remove, or reorder list… ~4 min install

ACF Repeater Field PHP — Loop Any List of Sub-Fields

A step-by-step PHP renderer for ACF Repeater fields — loop any list of sub-fields cleanly, with or without Flexible Content.

Use this when you want each project category to have its own… ~8 min setup

Project Category Archive Navigation with 4 Column Grid

Build a project archive with an All link, project_cat term navigation, active archive classes, and a responsive 4 column project grid using native WordPress archive queries.

Use this when you need a reusable "posts" section on any page… ~10 min setup

Intermediate

ACF Post Grid — Dynamic Source with Grid or Carousel Layout

An ACF Flexible Content post-grid layout with two data sources — latest posts via WP_Query or hand-picked posts via a Relationship field — and two display modes: CSS…

Useful when your theme has multiple post type archives that need different… ~4 min setup

WordPress Archive Query — pre_get_posts Control PHP

A focused pre_get_posts helper for changing archive page sizes per post type without touching admin screens, secondary queries, or unrelated blog archives.