Talk Devy to Me: WP Wireframe with Taylor Drayson

Join me for this episode of Talk Devy To Me as we dive into WP Wireframe — a PHP framework for building JavaScript-powered WordPress admin interfaces with my guest Taylor Drayson. Here's the hook: there's no build process. You write all your configuration in PHP and WP Wireframe generates the JavaScript admin for you — no webpack, no compile step, no npm run build. We'll dig into how Taylor pulled that off, why skipping the build step matters for WordPress developers, and then put it through its paces building something live. WP Wireframe: https://github.com/tdrayson/wp-wireframe 00:00 Intro — meet Taylor Drayson & what is WP Wireframe? 02:00 The big idea: no build step, just core WordPress components 07:30 Field types, conditional logic, access & the 12-column grid 10:30 Installing the example plugin & loading settings.php 16:30 Touring the fields: data tables, DataViews & validation 22:30 Filters, REST API & scoping to avoid plugin conflicts 27:00 Post meta, PHP blocks & role-based access 46:30 Feedback: schema validation, branding & full-width layouts 57:00 Repeaters, nested conditions & the single-option question 1:00:00 Live build: adding WP Wireframe to Advanced Query Loop 1:12:00 Building the "allowed controls" toggles & reading settings 1:24:00 Debugging the critical error — then it works! 1:34:00 Wrapping up: empowering non-devs, contributing & links Connect:   / ryanwelchercodes     / ryanwelcher     / ryanwelcher   https://bsky.app/profile/ryanwelcher.com #wordpress #wordpresstutorial #coding #customblocks #javascript #php #gutenberg #livestream