This download page is for people who would like to alpha/beta test Gutenberg, but
- Don’t want to install NodeJS and npm ✅
- Don’t want to use the command line ✅
- Don’t want to download 2.7 Gigabytes in 232,740 files ✅
A friend of mine asked me, “Every two weeks is not fast enough for you”? On October 19, 2020, there were 250 new commits made since the last release (9.1.1) and before the release of 9.2. Any issue you might file might get a response like “Could you please try it in master, I think it was already fixed.”
If you want to actively test Gutenberg and help to find bugs, quirks, or inconsistencies in work flow, you would rather not waste anyone’s time and use the latest release. You need a fast way to get to a current version of the development.
The goal of this service is to increase the numbers of non-developers to test Gutenberg.
Daily builds from Gutenberg Trunk branch.
Almost every morning, I build a new zip from trunk unless git merge upstream/trunk, as indicated, everything is up-to-date. I call this version Gutenberg Nightly analog to WordPress Nightly in the Beta Tester plugin.
Download Gutenberg Nightly
https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/playnightly.json
April 17, 2026
- 🙌 Latest Weekend Edition: WordPress 7.0, Playground MCP, Gutenberg 22.8, PHP-only Blocks and more — Weekend Edition 362
- 🎙️ Latest podcast episode: Gutenberg Changelog #129 Artificial Intelligence, WordPress 7.0 and Gutenberg 22.8
- 🧪 Gutenberg 23.0 RC 1 is available for testing.
v-23.0.20260417
Also available on GitHub
Note: The version tag of the Gutenberg Nightly will always be one decimal ahead of the stable. So version 10.3 is in the works, the nightly version will be 10.4. That way the Nightly stays in its lane and the bots working behind the scene are not confused by semantic versioning.
- Learn how to install and update Gutenberg Nightly on your test site
- Learn more about the project’s history..
“It’s a really valuable service that not many people know about yet.”
Sarah Gooding, editor WPTave
Questions? Email me at pauli@gutenbergtimes.com or DM me on WordPress Slack – @bph or leave a comment.