A look at recent Modern CSS updates for WordPress: the nth-child(n of selector) syntax, flying focus via the View Transition API, prefers-reduced-motion, and browser support in Chrome 148 and Safari 26.5.
You don’t need a JavaScript bundle to calculate a discount. With the upgraded attr(), mod(), and round() CSS functions, you can do the math in the style engine, cut latency, and ship a lighter shop.
WordPress 7.0 development lost real-time collaboration this month over race conditions and load concerns. What’s left for the May 20 release: a native content types system, the @wordpress/grid package, and HEIC and per-block CSS fixes.
Most rotateY() flip cards don’t actually flip, they just shrink and grow. Here’s how perspective, transform-style, and a proper 3D stage give you flip cards and carousels with real depth instead of a squashed 2D look.
The rotateX() CSS function adds real 3D depth, but only when the parent has a perspective value. This covers the syntax, the perspective gotcha that flattens your rotation, and examples like 3D flip cards and unfolding accordions.
CSS rotateZ looks like the 2D rotate() but runs differently: it can push rendering onto the GPU and keep animations off the main thread. Covers the performance difference, isometric layouts, and the angle units worth knowing.
Staggered zigzag layouts usually turn into brittle flexbox hacks that wreck DOM order. Here is how CSS Grid plus a translateY transform gives you a stable waterfall effect, including the gap math and the overflow fix.
A look at the experimental CSS corner-shape property for building folded-corner effects without clip-path polygons or gradient hacks, including how to add the bevel, shape the crease, and fall back gracefully in Firefox and Safari.
A leaner way to build scrollytelling: the scrollsnapchange and scrollsnapchanging events, the CSS and JS behind a Mother’s Day 2026 experiment, and where browser support stands.
Gutenberg 23.1 finalizes image uploads in parallel instead of one thumbnail at a time. It also adds an experimental taxonomy UI in the admin, Drawer and Autocomplete primitives, and a filter that hides the Classic block from the inserter.