Update April 29, 2020 – Security release and bug fixes WordPress 5.4.1 This week the core team released 5.4.1 with a few fixes to the latest update that came out on March 31, 2020. We looked at the release notes for the Block Editor fixes that were back-ported (6) to WordPress core. Update Search/RSS block […]
Category Archives: Updates
Update #102 – Tips and Tricks for developers & designers, on building blocks and themes
Howdy! It’s been about three weeks since the last Update post. I have been handicapped a bit. First, by a self-inflicted deep cut into my left thumb with a construction tool, #StitchesRUs. Then a needed vacation with dear friends, which ended in an clumsy sidewalk tumble. I am still working mostly from my couch with […]
Update #100 – Courses, Tutorials, Blocks and more
One (1) Year of Gutenberg Times, 100 hand-curated Updates since June 2017, the 10th episode of our Live Q & A on YouTube. 45,000 visitors. These are all just numbers. All that matters is that you are here! Thank you. Leave a comment on any of the posts, and tells me more about yourself! 💕 […]
Update #99 Gutenberg Phase 2 Starting up, Finding Blocks and more.
Gutenberg Phase 2 starting up with call for contributors, navigation blocks ideas and research in page building. Watch our Live Q & A conversation about Supporting & Testing WordPress 5.0. Find also a few more tips & tricks on using Gutenberg for content creation and block building. Hope you learn things! 💕 Monday was Gutenberg […]
Update #98 Getting used to the Block Editor, Learning Block Building, Plugins Getting Compatible
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]