UplinkPress

About this site

UplinkPress is a resource hub for people building with Etch, WordPress, Automatic.css (ACSS), and component-first workflows. Its pitch is simple: build smarter with the Etch ecosystem.

It sits between official product docs and a personal developer blog. Content is practical—how-tos, field guides, reusable components, plugins, and ecosystem listings—aimed at builders who want working patterns rather than marketing pages.

What you’ll find

The Hub is a curated directory of Etch ecosystem tools and components. Recent listings include SchemaWP, an Image Hotspot Component, and Etch Body Class Manager—useful when scanning what’s available beyond core Etch.

Articles / Recent Updates cover hands-on WordPress and Etch topics: managing menus via WordPress’s native menu editor in Etch, building plugin download charts with HuxxConnect, clarifying content terms like “standfirst” vs. excerpt, and accessibility-minded linking (MICE). Tags span Etch, plugins, custom code, accessibility, and general WordPress practice.

Latest Code highlights plugins and snippets — e.g., an analytics dashboard for Cabin, menu-manager icon options, Ops Center (a builder-aware admin-bar command center for WordPress, Bricks, and Etch), and the injection of ACSS color variables into Etch’s style manager.

The WP Wire aggregates outside WordPress news: core release candidates, WordCamp material, ACF security releases, and similar industry updates—so the site doubles as a light news desk for the broader WP world.

Field Guides go deeper into Etch concepts: prop types, object props, accessible SVG logos, nested queries, and Meta Box patterns (select labels and lat/lon from map fields). These read like reference notes for day-to-day builder work.

UP Studio showcases UI/section components — data tables, cards, feature sections, scrollers, team hover patterns, maps—dated and presented as ready-to-use building blocks.

There’s also an events strip (e.g., WordCamp), official Etch links (Circle community, Etch itself, docs, patterns), and download charts for Uplink plugins (Ops Center, CSS Columns, Media Bridge) pulled from the WordPress.org API via HuxxConnect.

Who it’s for

Primarily Etch users and adjacent WordPress builders who care about components, ACSS, Meta Box, Bricks crossover, and clean semantic workflows. Tone is practitioner-to-practitioner: short explanations, real recipes, and links out to the official Etch stack when needed.

In short

UplinkPress is an independent Etch/WordPress ecosystem site: hub listings, tutorials, field guides, code drops, Studio components, plugin telemetry, and curated WP news—organized so builders can find patterns and tools without digging through scattered Discord threads and docs alone.

Featured Plugins

• HuxxConnect

  https://huxx.dev/plugins/connect

  Freemium

• Code Block Pro

  https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-block-pro/

  Free

• Elevated Site Search

  https://elevatedextensions.com/extensions/elevated-site-search/

  Premium

• Media Bridge for Etch

  https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-bridge-for-etch/

  Free

• Wicked Folders Pro

  https://wickedplugins.com/plugins/wicked-folders/

  Freemium