Forty-Two Design System

WordPress basics

Haven't touched WordPress in a while? We have some links to the basic stuff.  Also,  WordPress powers a ridiculous  share of the websites in the world, which means whatever you're  experiencing, you're probably not alone. Googling your issue is appropriate and encouraged!

Clear your cache

This may be the best piece of troubleshooting advice since "Turn it off; turn it back on." Many many many problems are solved by clearing your browser's cache. Here's how you do it.

• Firefox

• Chrome

• Safari

• Edge

Forty-two Training Documentation

For Self-guided training and  help setting up your site,  visit the Forty-Two Training site

• Accordion Item  (updated 5/2/25)

• Alert bars (updated 9/12/24)

• Cover (updated 3/31/23)

• Custom html block (updated 2/25/25)

• Drop Down Header / Main Navigation (updated 4/22/24)

• Events blocks single and list (Updated 3/31/23 with long list of sponsor IDs)

• Experts Block New (updated  3/6/24)

• Icons  (updated 3/6/24)

• Image Processing (updated 4/29/24)

• In the News blocks  (updated 4/29/24)

• Media library cleanup (updated 4/7/23)

• People Role & Research Filter - Sidebar layout (updated 8/28/24)

• Query loop block (updated 4/3/23)

• Recent posts block (updated 4/3/23)

• RSS block (updated 4/3/23)

• Timeline Pattern (updated 12/10/24)

• Using Patterns / Block Patterns  (updated 12/10/24)

  • Creating and Editing Block Patterns (updated 12/10/24)

• Visual Portfolio Plugin (updated 12/17/24)

Migration Tips & Tools

• Site-wide Quality Assurance checklist TEMPLATE (added May10, 2021)

• Page-by-page Quality Assurance checklist TEMPLATE  (added May10, 2021)

• Category & Tag Guidelines (updated 11/13/23)

• Categories and Tags spreadsheet (updated 11/13/23)

• Redirect template

• Media Library cleanup (updated 5/9/23)

• Duplicate a page  (updated 3/31/23)

• People post updates, FSE (updated 3/6/24)

Video tutorials

Blocks, patterns and more

• Advanced WordPress block layouts (11:37)

• Creating your own custom synced and non-synced patterns (4:41)

• Designing with the columns block (4:09)

• Designing with the Group block (4:26)

• Uncovering the Cover block (6:43)

• Using the WordPress Media and Text block (3:32)

• Dimensions: Padding, margin and block spacing (4:54)

• Utilize the Gallery block  (5:12)

Query loops

• Taking advantage of query loops (7:35)

Images

• Find duplicate images: Media library cleanup using Media Deduper (:17)

• Find unused images : Media library cleanup using Meow App (:21)

People

• Migration: Updating People pages / posts Video Tutorial (7:10)

• People: Add a new People post / page (5:41)

• People: Part 1 - How to add Role & Research area sidebar filter (2:14)

• People: Part 2 - How to add Role & Research area sidebar filter (4:05)

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