I am writing this from the Southwest Florida Airport on my way to Nashville, TN, the Music City. About 1800 people will descend for WordCamp US, Mullenweg’s State of the Word and Contributor Day, starting Friday. Finally we have a new release date for WordPress 5.0: tomorrow (Thursday). Read Matt Mullenweg’s post and watch yesterday’s […]
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Mullenweg announced Gutenberg Roadmap
WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” released on December 6th, 2018 December 6th, 2018. Today around 1:30pm ET, the core team released the WordPress 5.0 and with it the new block editor as default editor for content creators. Putting the final touches on the WordPress 5.0 release: Tammie Lister, Gary Pendersgast, Jonathan Desrosiers and William Earnhardt at WordCamp […]
Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise
The original text was published on Nov 16th, 2018 via the Post Status newsletter. We re-post with Brian Krogsgard’s permission. Thank you, Brian! And below, you’ll find a reading list on Accessibility & Gutenberg. I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and […]
WordCamp US: Gutenberg talks
Next week, WordCamp US 2018 will take place in Nashville, TN. As part of the organizing team, I might not be able to make the sessions, I’d like. Here is the list of talks about Gutenberg that interest me. I keep this list so I can catch the talks on WordPress.tv afterwards. Friday 10:30 am […]
Update #94 WordPress RC 1 – Gutenberg 4.5 – More Blocks, themes and plugins.
Actives Installs of Gutenberg just passed the 1 Mio milestone. 👏 🎉 If you are ready or not, WordPress 5.0 will come soon. It’s not going to be November 27, because of the four-day delay for the RC 1 release. The goal is to have a stable release candidate before the final version is released. […]
Gutenberg Live Q & A, Interviews & Webinars Schedule
Updated November 24, 2018 Want to watch me upgrade my #WooCommerce / LearnDash site to Gutenberg in real time? Join this FREE webinar, Nov. 27th https://t.co/hCwiRDB84Y pic.twitter.com/Qnc5oFTunn— Joe Casabona 🎩 (@jcasabona) November 22, 2018 Register for the Live Q & A Are you hosting live events or webinars around the new WordPress Block Editor? We’d […]
Update #93 – WordPress progresses towards 5.0 – Gutenberg Block Galore
WordPress 5.0 Beta 5 was released this week. The RC1 version is scheduled on Monday. Gutenberg’s latest version is 4.4 with features and UI upgrades that were discussed for quite some time, months even. We also heard a few voices who lobbied for a January release date of WordPress 5.0, with some well argued considerations. […]
The Secret Manual – Hidden Features and Gotchas in WordPress Gutenberg
For content creators, change in daily routine is fatal to productivity. This is especially true during the transition to Gutenberg since it still contains a few “gotchas” that may stymie people and interrupt workflow. I list a few here, along with some workarounds to assist users during active development. Gutenberg will be updated as soon […]
19 Methods to Avoid Gutenberg on Your WordPress Website
Updated November 14, 2018: Added link to plugin “Disable Gutenberg” (#18). Added link to CalmPress (#19) Living in Florida, I am contemplating a recount of my own for this post. Who needs 20 methods to avoid something…. haha. — Birgit x💕Updated October 9th, 2018 – Added Mika Epstein’s Selective DeGutenberging (#17)Updated August 31, 2018 – […]
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 […]