I’m setting up my first WP site using a FSE theme (Bitacora by Automattic), and I’m noticing that a lot of my old bits of code that I’ve used across half a dozen sites without problem are now no longer working.
Most recently, I noticed that comments’ Edit links are being handled by a FSE block called Comment Edit Link Block. But previously, the output was always via a function, `edit_comment_link()`, which was fully filterable and customizable. I use the filter to add other links to the comment to make moderation easy from the front-end — not mission critical, I admit, but it saves clicks if I can trash, unapprove, or spam comments on the front when I see them.
However, the FSE block doesn’t respond to the same filter for some reason (which just seems ridiculous — new features shouldn’t be breaking old features that were core to customization)…
Am I missing something? Does using FSE themes come at the cost of tinkering (I know nothing of JavaScript, so if that’s the only means, I’m outta luck)? Is it safe to build “traditional” sites that remain fully customizable or are there plans to start dropping all of thehooks and filters at some point, in favor of FSE Blocks?
If anyone knows anything, I’d love to learn more.
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