Craft Link List (Archive)

Introduction

Happy June, Craft friends!

It’s been a month since Craft 4’s debut and we’re hurtling toward Craft 4.1 and Dot All later this year.

But you’re probably not here for a dazzling intro, so let’s move on to those links.

News

Craft’s Accessibility Conformance Report

Status report and detailed summary of Craft CMS’ accessibility improvements.

Accessible Custom Fields

Lupe on the journey of improving custom field accessibility, and how you can help with careful choices when you set them up.

Securing Your Craft Site in 2022—Part 3

Ben Croker’s much-anticipated third installment of Securing Your Craft Site.

Ballroom Blitz

The Blitz Recommendations plugin is now part of Blitz, where the ninja behind the scenes is the putyourlightson/craft-blitz-hints package they each rely on.

Selvin Ortiz Transitioning Plugins

The author of the Patrol, Doxter, and Shield plugins is contemplating their future. Consider reaching out if you think you can help!

Tools, tips, and fundamentals

Enupal Stripe Payments Tutorial

Andre Lopez published a YouTube tutorial that adds a slew of ecommerce features to the Europa Demo with the Stripe Payments plugin.

There’s a lot here, neatly split into chapters—so worth a look if you’re wondering how to do anything with Stripe Payments.

How to Add a Slideout Panel to Your Craft CMS Module or Plugin

Leevi Graham demonstrates how to bring your own slideout to the Craft 4 party.

Building a RESTful API in Craft

There are times when you want to make data and actions in Craft available to external services. Fortunately, Craft’s URL manager (or more accurately Yii’s) makes handling the routing of requests very straightforward, so you can define your API endpoints in just a few lines of code.

8 of the Best Craft CMS plugins for Websites in 2022

Here’s our pick of the top Craft CMS plugins that we’re sure to factor into almost every project.

CraftQuest Recap

“I bet Ryan didn’t publish a staggering number of new videos, livestreams, and articles,” you think to yourself.

But you’re wrong, because he totally did!

Andrew Tip: Template Comments Plugin

If you need some template context and timing information in Craft 3 or 4, the Template Comments plugin is free and it’s waiting to help.

Our Favourite Plugins for Craft CMS

Overall there are around six that appear in almost all of our projects:

Plugged In

Craft Cognito

Enable authentication to Craft using AWS Cognito.

Laposta

Plugin that allows you to display Laposta forms.

Mailjet Adapter

Mailjet integration for Craft CMS.

AutoSuggest

A plain text field for Craft CMS that will suggest existing values from other entries saved in the same section.

Triggers

Run actions when events are triggered in Craft.

Product Labels

Product Labels is a Craft Commerce plugin for creating promotional labels for products.

DeviceDetect

Minimal Craft plugin for detecting mobile devices and more.

The Craft Advantage

Should I Upgrade to Craft 4?

Mitchell Kimbrough offers a client-centric recap of Craft in general with notes about Craft 4. (Zingers within!)

Craft CMS vs WordPress: the Pros and Cons

Jo Molloy shapes an argument for Craft CMS over WordPress.

Yii, Twig, PHP & More

Learn PHP The Right Way

Nice tutorial mentioned on the JetBrains blog.

It’s not Craft, but it’s interesting.

WordPress’ Market Share is Shrinking

For the first time in a very long time, WordPress' market share is shrinking. This post explores the numbers, and why that is happening.

Website 101 Podcast: Hiring Junior Devs and How to Stand Out from the Crowd

Learn about the process for hiring junior developers and get insight into common mistakes made as well as how to stand out from the crowd.

Website 101 Podcast: Lightweight & Versatile: AlpineJs - Javascript in your Markup: With Caleb Porzio

Learn all about AlpineJS from it's Creator Caleb Porzio. We also discuss how accessibility is baked into the new Alpine Components.