People paying more attention on using the new block editor and finding amazing hidden secrets. More and more developers explore learning how to build blocks and more an more plugins are getting compatible with the new editor. The most fun, I have had is finding new blocks and continue on my quest to find #280Blocks. […]
Category Archives: For Developers
Update #97 Using WordPress Block Editor Starting Gutenberg Phase 2, Building Blocks and more
Happy Holidays ! Peace and Understanding around the World! So WordPress 5.0.2 came out with massive performance improvements to the block editor especially for posts with many, many blocks. I tested it here on a post with 94 blocks and it was wrap speed compared to before. Hat Tip to the Dev Team! I ordered […]
Update #92 Block Editor for WordPress 5.0 – Lots of Blocks & Developer Resources
Ten days before the initially published releases date for WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg developer lead, Matias Ventura published the modified schedule: final release to November 27, 2018. Beta 4 on Monday, Beta 5 on Thursday and November 19, the first release candidate (RC1) is to come out. Plugins with various sets of Blocks are available to […]
Update #90 – WordPress 5.0 Beta 1 and Gutenberg 4.1 with Nested Block Paths and Video Cover, Blocks Galore and more.
Gutenberg 4.1 lists new features: Page & Block Navigation, High Contrast Mode, Auto formatting, Audible Messages, “options” modal, video for Cover block and plenty of bug fixes. It’s available as release candidate. Speaking of release: Yes, WordPress Core 5.0 Beta 1 was released early this morning. More blocks for your content, plugin authors are getting […]
Show Notes: Keeping up with Gutenberg (Video)
With weekly or bi-weekly releases, plus changing APIs, how can anyone try keeping up with Gutenberg development? To explore this issue David Needham and I hosted a live Webinar as part of Pantheon’s Gutenberg Webinar Series. We were already in Belgrade, Serbia, for WordCamp Europe. In the webinar, we discussed how best to keep up […]
Update #87 FAQ on WordPress 5.0 release, Gutenberg around the World. And Blocks, so many Blocks
Find below an FAQ block, courtesy of Yoast SEO, with a highly speculative idea on when we might see a WordPress 5.0 release. Gutenberg 3.8 was released, and 3.9 RC is available for testing. The WordPress.com roll-out started. Gutenberg was not only topic at WordCamps in New York and Valencia, but also at Drupal Europe […]
Update #85 Using Gutenberg, Finding Blocks and more
This week, I collected a great array of useful information for just using Gutenberg and finding blocks for your content creation process. See a VR (Virtual Reality) image block in action, find blocks in a public directory and read more about using Gutenberg for your storefront. Also, some voices from users and their successful transition […]
Update #79 – Gutenberg API Freeze, Developing Blocks , Site Readiness Tools and much more
With last Friday’s release Gutenberg is considered “Feature Complete” and the contributors switched focus to bug fixes, enhancements, backwards compatibility and API stability. Also, the core team is getting ready to finalize design on the “Try Gutenberg” prompt. We see a lot more sophisticated Gutenberg blocks surfacing and site owners and agencies are sharing their […]
Update #78 Tools to Get Ready – #280Blocks – Beyond Gutenberg
Rich Tabor’s Block Unit Test helps you getting your themes ready for Gutenberg. Morten Rand-Hendrickson published a proposal to improved handling responsive images in themes in a Gutenberg world. Read Adrian Roselli’s post to his clients prepareing them for Gutenberg and setting expectations regarding support for transitions. What can you tell them, without getting lost […]
Update #77 – New User Tool Tips, Testing Themes, More Blocks, a Roadmap and Developers Chiming In
Was last week geared mostly towards developers, this week, the round-up has more resources for users, site owners and consultants dealing with transition and how to make Gutenberg work for their sites. Of course, a few more developer resources are a listed as well. Grab your cup o’Joe or Green Tea, Kombucha, Beer or Wine […]