[Context block] Add author info as well about indieblocks HOT 9 CLOSED

Note: "ServerSideRender should be regarded as a fallback or legacy mechanism, it is not appropriate for developing new features against." https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-server-side-render/

That said, I really meant "dynamic blocks" rather than "blocks using ServerSideRender," although the latter would allow proper in-editor previews, whereas dynamic blocks would only be rendered on the front end, and stick to a Placeholder in-editor.

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And:

This package is meant to be used only with WordPress core. Feel free to use it in your own project but please keep in mind that it might never get fully documented.

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On dynamic blocks:

Blocks where updates to the code (HTML, CSS, JS) should be immediately shown on the front end of the website.
https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/how-to-guides/block-tutorial/creating-dynamic-blocks/

This is sort of applicable, especially if we schedule ("delay") the fetching of linked pages. (If we do everything inline, not so much.)

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Nice example of ServerSideRender on that last page, too.

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Not sure what would happen to dynamic blocks if the plugin is uninstalled, though. I don't like the idea of a "lock-in" of sorts, which is why I prefer blocks over other solutions (meta boxes, etc.).

Think it may be possible, though, to save the output of a ServerSideRender component. (Attributes get saved immediately whenever they are modified.)

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Alternatively you can make the save function a cached version of the block that can be displayed if the plugin containing the block is deactivated. Essentially you’re saving some form of fallback markup for the block to use in the case the server-side rendering function goes away.
https://jasonyingling.me/building-dynamic-blocks-for-the-gutenberg-editor-in-wordpress/

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Current behavior is we try to fetch the page's title. We can make this smarter, look for microformats (incl. author info), and then fall back on just the title, although things aren't too bad as they are.

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Author info is added to API endpoint (if the page we link to turns to be marked up as a h-entry, at least), but not yet used in the block

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The "Better Context" block (or whatever I end up calling it) now has this.

I likely won't add avatars or author URLs. I used to go with just plain URLs, in fact, for years; worked OK for me.

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