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   ## 󠀁[Using Jetpack Blocks without a connection to WordPress.com](https://alex.kirk.at/2021/04/23/using-jetpack-blocks-without-a-connection-to-wordpress-com/)󠁿
   
 * April 23, 2021
 * Recently I wanted to use a [Jetpack](https://jetpack.com) block for the WordPress
   Gutenberg editor, specifically the [Slideshow Block](https://jetpack.com/support/jetpack-blocks/slideshow-block/),
   which I think is very slim and elegant compared to [other Slideshow blocks on the WordPress.org plugin directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/slideshow/).
 * The one thing I didn’t want to do, though, is to connect my site to WordPress.
   com. For the most part because I didn’t intend to use any of the functionality
   that requires the WordPress.com connection.
 * The difficulty in this: normally, you can’t actually use Jetpack until you connect
   the site to your WordPress.com account. This behavior is in place so you can 
   [enjoy a friction-less experience](https://jetpack.com/support/getting-started-with-jetpack/#why-should-i-connect-jetpack)
   after the connection is established (i.e. you can activate any of its features
   whether or not it needs the connection).
 * In my case, the connection is not needed for using the Slideshow block since 
   it works with the local media library.
 * So, I present not a hack but an official way to use Jetpack without a WordPress.
   com connection: it’s called [Offline Mode](https://jetpack.com/support/development-mode/).
 * You activate it by adding a constant or filter to your wp-config.php, for example:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'JETPACK_DEV_DEBUG', true );
       ```
   
 * While it is intended for local installs and actually development, it is useful
   if you just want to use a single feature of Jetpack that doesn’t require the 
   connection.
 * Many people say that Jetpack is slow because it’s so big. It is indeed huge from
   a file size and feature perspective, but also it’s very optimized, so that it
   will only load the PHP or JS code it needs. The other files lay dormant in your
   file system and don’t contribute to the loading or rendering time of your site.
 * [Code](https://alex.kirk.at/category/code/), [WordPress](https://alex.kirk.at/category/wordpress/)
 * [Jetpack](https://alex.kirk.at/tag/jetpack/)
 * 
   ## 󠀁[Signed Integer](https://alex.kirk.at/2021/01/27/signed-integer/)󠁿
   
 * January 27, 2021
 * ![](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/wp-1611734068025-
   768x1024.jpg)
 * Da hat wohl jemand die Fahrzeit in einem Signed Integer gespeichert.
 * [Web](https://alex.kirk.at/category/web/)

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