WordCamp US 2018 took place in Nashville, TN early December 2018. As part of the organizing team, I was not able make it into the sessions. Here is the list of talks about Gutenberg that interest me. I added the video links with the live stream timestamps to each talk and if available also links […]
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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 #96 WordPress 5.0 release, WordCamp US, #280Blocks and more.
Last week was probably the busiest week in WordPress community: WordPress 5.0 was released and WordCamp US happened. Also in Nashville, the inaugural Automattic Design Awards were announced. And by the time, I thought I was finished, 5.0.1 came out with a security patch all the way back to version 3.7.28. As I can’t keep […]
Update #95 WordPress 5.0 to come out Dec 6th, 2018 – Q & As on YouTube, More Blocks and Dev resources
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 […]
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 […]
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 Are you hosting live events or webinars around the new WordPress Block Editor? We’d be happy to list your events on our calendar. All you have to do is fill out below form and will update the space asap. Update September 17, 2018 More Gutemberg Live Shows with Zac and Joe […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]