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Design feedback works better when everyone can find the thing

WordPress 6.9 adds block Notes. Choose a review surface for each decision, tell a sentence change from a component change and confirm the fix on the page.

#Design feedback

WordPress 6.8’s Style Book is a useful place to find the odd button

The refreshed Style Book in WordPress 6.8 previews your styles in one place. Trace each odd button to its source and check that the live site follows the same rules.

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One brand should not need six slightly different button styles

Button styles pile up like mugs in a cupboard. Keep variations that explain the action, put the decisions in theme.json and check the next page, not just today’s.

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A useful design system can fit a small WordPress website

You don’t need enterprise ceremony. Settle the foundations, build sections around content jobs and make the component library useful to editors.

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A custom WordPress theme needs a small design system

Three service cards, three different buttons. A small design system gives headings, buttons and content fields shared roles across a custom WordPress theme.

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