--- title: "WordPress 6.5, register Font collections, working with templates, or playground -- Weekend Edition 290" date: "2024-04-06" author: Justin Tadlock url: "https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-6-5-register-font-collections-working-with-templates-or-playground-weekend-edition-290/" categories: ["News", "Weekend Edition"] --- Howdy, This week, WordPress 6.5 certainly dominated the WordPress news cycle. Articles, Videos, Threads on X, and workshops are plenty available for every type of WordPress user. [I compiled a separate list for your perusal or to point people to wandering about](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/). As a reader of this newsletter, you have kept up with all the changes, for sure.  😍 The newsletter is a little shorter today, so enjoy the rest of the weekend. Yours, 💕 *Birgit* *PS: I am experimenting with AI summaries, I slightly edited, mostly for brevity. The two pieces are marked. Please reach out to me, how you think about it… * **Table of Contents** 1. Developing Gutenberg and WordPress 2. Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners 3. Theme Development for Full Site Editing and Blocks 4. Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor. ## Developing Gutenberg and WordPress With the release, core contributors are starting to work on WordPress 6.6. **Anne McCarthy** invites you to a [Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/04/hallway-hangout-lets-chat-about-whats-next-in-gutenberg/). The discussion/demos will cover Dataviews, synced pattern overrides, Zoomed out view, Grid layout, Pattern styles and Style inheritance. The virtual meeting will take place on **April 24 at 23:00 UTC** / 7 pm EDT / 4pm PDT. [![](https://gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Features-WordPress-6.5-scaled.jpeg)](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/)[About WordPress 6.5 – all in one list on blocks and site editor](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/)This week, WordPress 6.5 certainly dominated the WordPress news cycle. Articles, Videos, Threads on X, and workshops are plenty available for every type of WordPress user. This list of resources… [Read more.](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/) [![](https://gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Features-WordPress-6.5-scaled.jpeg)](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/)[About WordPress 6.5 – all in one list on blocks and site editor](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/)This week, WordPress 6.5 certainly dominated the WordPress news cycle. Articles, Videos, Threads on X, and workshops are plenty available for every type of WordPress user. This list of resources… [Read more.](https://gutenbergtimes.com/about-wordpress-6-5-all-in-one-list/) ## Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners **Wes Theron**, contributor to the training team, published a series of videos on **how to work with templates **on YouTube In his video, [WordPress Block Themes in 250 seconds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICMir7dO9M4), **Jamie Marsland** provides a concise but comprehensive overview of Block Themes in WordPress. He covers the basics of how Block Themes work, demonstrates their flexibility and ease of use, and explains how they differ from traditional WordPress themes by enabling users to have more control over their site’s design without needing to write code. Jamie also gives a quick tour of the WordPress editor with a Block Theme enabled, highlighting its features and capabilities. *(AI, slightly edited) * ## Theme Development for Full Site Editing and Blocks Now the Font Library is part of WordPress, Justin Tadlock’s latest tutorial is on [How to register custom font collections for the Font Library](https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/04/01/how-to-register-custom-font-collections-for-the-font-library/) with the built-in API. “By default, WordPress ships with a single collection that lets you install fonts from the Google Fonts library. But as a developer, you can offer a more curated experience by building custom collections.” he wrote. --- In *WP Jukebox* podcast episode titled [Tammie Lister on the Journey Through Design and Theming](https://wptavern.com/podcast/114-tammie-lister-on-the-journey-through-design-and-theming), Tammie Lister discusses with **Nathan Wrigley** her experiences and the evolution of her career in design and WordPress theming. The conversation sheds light on the changing landscape of WordPress design, the introduction of new technologies, and how these shifts have influenced the approach to creating engaging and effective themes. Throughout the episode, Lister offers insights into her process and reflections on the future of design in the WordPress ecosystem. *(AI summary slightly edited for brevity)* ** [“Keeping up with Gutenberg – Index 2024”](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index/) ** A chronological list of the WordPress Make Blog posts from various teams involved in Gutenberg development: Design, Theme Review Team, Core Editor, Core JS, Core CSS, Test, and Meta team from Jan. 2024 on. Updated by yours truly. The previous years are also available: **[2020](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2020/) | [2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2021/)** | **[2022](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2022/)** | **[2023](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index/gutenberg-index-2023)** ## Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor. **Jeremy Holcombe** wrote a tutorial on [How to parse Gutenberg content for headless WordPress](https://kinsta.com/blog/headless-wordpress-gutenberg/) and explained how to parse Gutenberg content as HTML using the WordPress REST API in a Next.js static site. --- **Artur Piszek** shared a quick tip: [Writing serialized Gutenberg blocks in PHP](https://piszek.com/2024/03/19/get_comment_delimited_block_content/) on using the `get_comment_delimited_block_content` function. --- [WordPress Playground](https://wordpress.github.io/wordpress-playground/) is so much bigger than Blocks. It’s a fascinating, if not mind blowing tool for developers and product companies. Ronny Shani wrote an [Introduction to Playground: running WordPress in the browser](https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/04/05/introduction-to-playground-running-wordpress-in-the-browser/). She covers the basic some built-in features and how to create a blueprint. She also has plenty of examples and links to learn more for you. You can use Playground to test the [Gutenberg Nightly](https://gutenbergtimes.com/need-a-zip-from-master/). --- In his live stream, **Ryan Welcher** worked on a playground blueprint to for a live preview of his plugin Advanced Query Loop. He used various methods, to add content to a Playground site: [Using Playground to preview plugins | Gutenberg 18.0 Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz2INc3_yAw) **[Need a plugin .zip from Gutenberg’s master branch?](https://gutenbergtimes.com/need-a-zip-from-master/)** Gutenberg Times provides daily build for testing and review. Now also available via [WordPress Playground](https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/playnightly.json). There is no need for a test site locally or on a server. Have you been using it? [Email me ](mailto:pauli@gutenbergtimes.com)with your experience ![](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/bph/gutenberg/total?style=for-the-badge) *Questions? Suggestions? Ideas? * *Don’t hesitate to send [them via email](mailto:pauli@gutenbergtimes.com) or* * send me a message on WordPress Slack or Twitter @bph*. --- For questions to be answered on the [Gutenberg Changelog](http://gutenbergtimes.com/podcast), send them to [changelog@gutenbergtimes.com](mailto:changelog@gutenbergtimes.com) --- Featured Image: Elephant-cement-blocks by Pooja Derashri, [found on WordPress Photos](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/32765c4d4c/) --- **Don’t want to miss the next Weekend Edition? ** Type in your Email address to subscribe.Subscribe We hate spam, too, and won’t give your email address to anyone except Mailchimp to send out our Weekend Edition Thanks for subscribing. ---