Courtney Robertson is an Open Source Developer Advocate, professional educator, and WordPress Contributor
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WordPress Block: Bookmark Card
One of my favorite WordPress block plugins is the Bookmark Card by my friend, George Mamadashvili. Have you ever wanted to embed a preview link to a website only to find that WordPress didn’t know how to show a preview of that site how it can do with Twitter, Facebook, or other WordPress websites? That…
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