This week's Update of Gutenberg included changes to the developer APIs to extend Gutenberg's sidebar and block options. Also, the Accessiblity team did intensive testing especially using Gutenberg with a keyboard and logged quite a few issues on the GitHub repository. Gutenberg will be demonstrated at #18NTC's WordPress Day. Read a great article about Why Gutenberg and why now, around the Innovators Dilemma. Learn how a plugin developer audited his flagship plugin to determine the priorities for Gutenberg integration. The Update also contains, guite a few user experience stories and How-tos for content creators as well as new resources for block developing and additional blocks to add to your Gutenberg installation.
Tables of Contents
- WordPress Team collaborate on Gutenberg
- Getting sites & plugins ready for Gutenberg
- Using Gutenberg for Content Creation
- 280Blocks Building Blocks for Gutenberg
WordPress Team collaborate on Gutenberg
What’s new in Gutenberg? (29th March)
Accessibility of Gutenberg, the state of play
This was interesting on so many levels. — Birgit
Getting sites & plugins ready for Gutenberg
4/10 is WordPress Day at #18NTC – Learn more about #Gutenberg the new visual editor for WordPress in Keynote w/ @katherinemwhite + @eskimoYogi https://t.co/IXM7FYUwxZ
— WP4Good Club (@wp4good) March 30, 2018
sponsored by @NTENorg + @kanopi_studios / Check-out what else is on the schedule! pic.twitter.com/Ae81944MSC
Why Gutenberg and Why Now? https://t.co/874yb8ij5z via @wptavern -+Flipping the phrase from The Dark Knight, the members of the Gutenberg team are “the heroes the WordPress community needs right now, even if they’re not the ones we deserve.” well said @tevyaw 🙂
— Birgit Pauli-Haack (@bph) March 27, 2018
People forget that once #Gutenberg is merged and released in #WordPress 5.0, backwards compat applies, NOW is the time to try it out and change the API before it gets locked down, don't wait till it's merged to learn and give feedback
— Tom J Nowell ✨ (@Tarendai) March 27, 2018
Can’t wait for this plugin that disables the Gutenberg editor to become the most popular plugin when WP 5.0 will be released – https://t.co/ty047qMXQV
— Pavel Ciorici (@ciorici) March 30, 2018
We already have the Customizer as an example of a failed project because of it’s slowness… Why then risk with the Gutenberg?
Do You Wonder If the New WordPress Editor Will Break Your Website? The Answer is….Maybe
Listen to Dustin Hartzler, Website Engineer, talking about Gutenberg on his podcast episode #382

Gutenberg Resources by @getpantheon https://t.co/UYyYFjxdtq via @gutenbergtimes // #ad We appreciate the support of GT!
— Gutenberg Times (@gutenbergtimes) March 30, 2018

Using Gutenberg for Content Creation
Moving Paragraphs, Adding images, the slash command and beyond.
“The ‘Slash’ command is the best feature of #Gutenberg, hands down. I feel like I barely had to take my hands off my keyboard.” —Automattic Designer @melchoyce https://t.co/mzjBC8IUC0
— John Maeda (@johnmaeda) March 26, 2018
Image galleries are getting an upgrade in #WordPress 5.0 with #Gutenberg. Read all about it. https://t.co/h9h3T06BIz pic.twitter.com/2SMmT6YCR0
— WP Smackdown (@wpsmackdown) March 29, 2018
My Gutenberg Experience Thus Far
Recreating "Are The Teens All Right?" in Gutenberg https://t.co/vel8q038vx via @wordpressdotcom
— Gutenberg Times (@gutenbergtimes) March 30, 2018
"Gutenberg didn’t reflect my own theme’s styles in the editor, nor did it allow me to overwrite Gutenberg’s styles from within. (..) two very big challenges for me when trying to style my own content." writes @mapk on a journey using Gutenberg https://t.co/MBQa9CCfb3
— Gutenberg Times (@gutenbergtimes) March 30, 2018
— WPThemeDetector.com (@wpthemedetector) March 29, 2018
Pros and cons of the new WordPress Gutenberg editor
#280Blocks Building Blocks for Gutenberg
A Guide to building Gutenberg Blocks by SmartCat https://t.co/DRRXYCUOIw … by @smartcat_dev pic.twitter.com/MI93RKlXxg
— Gutenberg Times (@gutenbergtimes) March 30, 2018
A Custom Profile Block For Gutenberg

"We’ve added a Ninja Forms block that’s ready to go for you as soon as you update!" https://t.co/UxoVWofge7 #Gutenberg #WordPress pic.twitter.com/BxtQAzvOCX
— Ninja Forms (@NinjaForms) March 30, 2018
Folks asked for more examples of form fields inside #Gutenberg blocks and the inspector controls.
— Zac Gordon (@zgordon) March 30, 2018
V2 of the Gutenberg Development Course has got you covered 👍#FinishingUpNow #FreeUpdate https://t.co/6hSIqxzkpd pic.twitter.com/LMqLlNOo9H
I made a Gutenberg block to help you add white space between blocks.
— Rich Tabor (@richard_tabor) March 29, 2018
Meet the GutenKit Spacer Block: https://t.co/FEk74M4LrH pic.twitter.com/17hHO0a5RV
Now create & share custom color palettes with "Color Palette Block" right from your #WordPress #Gutenberg editor & yes it's OpenSource.
— LUBUS – Now Hiring (@lubusIN) March 29, 2018
Link – https://t.co/lGWc3SBeTF pic.twitter.com/CWoMD7TcNz
Photos around the World
About to learn what #Gutenberg is at WordPress Varna #wpvarna pic.twitter.com/nXLTl7aPOd
— Boyan Yordanov (@specter_bg) March 30, 2018