Today roundup includs a collection of new Gutenberg Blocks and shared knowledge around building Gutenberg Blocks by developers. Also Gutenberg’s next version was released with 105 changlog items. Find also blog posts and tweets on building Gutenberg ready Themes. Companies, consulants and developers share knowledge around how to get their site or the sites of their clients Gutenberg ready. We also share the resource of known issues with plugins and themes. Grab a coffee or tea or your other favorite beverage and happy reading.
Table of Contents
- Gutenberg Development
- Building Blocks #280Blocks
- Themes and Gutenberg
- Getting Ready for Gutenberg
- Photos around the World
Gutenberg Development Updates
What’s new in Gutenberg? (May the 4th)
This release has many refinements and improves the capabilities of the Block and Plugin APIs. It also adds a new “spacer” block for generating visual space. The color palette component has been improved to be based on classes instead of inline styles (for registered colors) and includes some important accessibility improvements (like naming the color). Thank you to everyone involved!
Matias Ventura, Gutenberg Dev Lead, May 4th, 2018
Volunteers wanted: we're conducting a usability study on #Gutenberg, to understand how professionals who write and edit news-style content in #WordPress – and do not actively follow its development – will perceive and adjust to the change. https://t.co/8AIzhkaQhL pic.twitter.com/lnE4yc1tkH
— 10up (@10up) May 4, 2018
Building Blocks #280blocks
Gutenblock – Create blocks inside of @Wordpress with hot reloading, code splits, and registering blocks automatically! https://t.co/fDgRsy2xQ4
— Zach Silveira (@zachcodes) April 15, 2018
Zach Silveira also posted a YouTube video to walk you through it.
When You Need Blocks
Easy Forms for MailChimp 6.4, just released today, has the first iteration of #Gutenberg support. Check it out. #WordPress #Plugins pic.twitter.com/eFeKMhpSkc
— YIKES Inc (@yikesinc) May 1, 2018
Congrats, team! Stackable add-on for #Gutenberg NOW HAS OVER 200+ ACTIVE INSTALLS on #WordPress.
— Benjamin Intal (@bfintal) May 1, 2018
Gutenberg user? Download the addon here: https://t.co/uElkxsmQul pic.twitter.com/1FNKxkCm0z
Have you seen WDS Blocks yet? The @webdevstudios enhancement plugin for #WordPress #Gutenberg introducing a number of new configurable blocks! Full list w/ examples https://t.co/RlaJr6HOeZ
— Brad Williams (@williamsba) May 1, 2018
Make a block once and reuse it! https://t.co/cQ5e72xmVJ #wordpress #Gutenberg
— intidigital (@intidigital) May 1, 2018
a nifty little #Gutenberg enabled plugin by @ajitbohra from @lubusIN is here to save the day. https://t.co/h0yIXtz2pI
— Jayman Pandya (@jaymanpandya) May 1, 2018
A beginner’s guide to #JavaScript in #Gutenberg https://t.co/z7xxUd01im
— David Bisset (@dimensionmedia) May 1, 2018
WordPress Gutenberg — Arrays, Attributes, and the Fundamental Flaw
Surfacing Gutenberg Blocks in the WordPress REST API
New color updates + a new "General" notice box added to version 0.0.2 of our Content Blocks plugin for #Gutenberghttps://t.co/26vfjl7ibn pic.twitter.com/Au4xAi4RLG
— Pillar Press 💻 (@PillarPress) May 3, 2018
Themes & Gutenberg
Themify Is Ready For WordPress Gutenberg!
🚀 Zeko Lite, free #nonprofit WordPress theme dedicated to animals is available on the official WordPress Theme Directory: https://t.co/sgaKYNK6xA
— Anariel Design (@AnarielDesign) May 3, 2018
✔ accessibility ready
✔ basic Gutenberg support
💰 donation form, causes by Give
📝one-click demo
✔ Elementor ready#charity
How to create headless apps & awesome things with Gutenberg https://t.co/lgVs9KQZmu by @ArcCTRL #Gutenberg
— Postmatic (@GoPostmatic) April 25, 2018
Got the #Gutenberg color palette running my theme colors. Before and after… pic.twitter.com/hD1Q5flCch
— Greg Sweet (@CCDzine) May 5, 2018
Getting Ready for Gutenberg
If you dread Gutenberg’s forced deploy killing productivity / client relationships, classic editor plug-in:https://t.co/vn8v7VvfWr
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) May 5, 2018
via @RianRietveld #WCBuf
Andrew Fleming from the Dow Jones Media Groupshared the story of how their publication Moneyish is approaching the transition to Gutenberg.
To Try or Not to Try? Themes & Plugins: Known conflicts with Gutenberg
Photos from Around the World

What does Gutenberg mean for the WordPress community?
— GiveWP (@GiveWP) May 5, 2018
Matt Graham is shedding light on this question and how Gutenberg will improve functionality and user experience across the board.@WordCampBuffalo #WCBuf pic.twitter.com/xqVRxQY3Rr
For those of you who can’t read the low contract slide:
- Better, leaner Themes
- Improved Plugins
- Page Building Becomes Standard
- Better Developers
- Interaction with other communities
Listening to the "Gutenpanel" at @WordCampDetroit #gutenberg #wcdet pic.twitter.com/SuUUqNL7tS
— Birgit Pauli-Haack (@bph) April 28, 2018
Don’t miss Live Q & A events w/ Zac Gordon & Joe Casabona. Check out the Google Calendar here
2 Comments
Thank you so very much for sharing all this awesome information Birgit!
Guten Morgen! You are certainly welcome, Joachim!
And feel free to leave also questions in the comments. Even if I don’t know the answer, there will be another reader who has the answer or I find someone to answer your questions.
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