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Gutenberg Starter Themes
WordPress starter themes provide a solid foundation for building your own custom WordPress themes. In this article, I share my two Gutenberg-optimized starter themes. What is a starter theme A…
Gutenberg Blocks Design Library
🐰 Gutenberg blocks beautifully arranged in ready-to-use sections.
Block Management Features Proposed for WordPress 5.2
WordPress 5.1 has been downloaded more than 3.6 million times since its release last week and work on 5.2 is now underway. The upcoming release will be led by Matt Mullenweg with Josepha Haden acti…
A List of all Default Gutenberg Blocks in WordPress 5.0
Lists all default Gutenberg blocks that will ship with WordPress 5.0. The blocks are triaged by category, with a screenshot of their icons, and the unique identifier used by Gutenberg.
Gutenberg Phase 2
Phase 1 of Gutenberg was intended to make post and page editing easier and more flexible for users, leveraging blocks as the main mode of interaction offering greater virtuosity, especially for non…
Blocks, templates, and styles: architecture for a Gutenberg world
Exploring ideas about the evolution of layout and presentation in a post-Gutenberg world
Highrise ACF Blocks plugin - easily create block-based sites with ACF
Introducing the Highrise ACF Blocks Plugin. A plugin which takes a lot of leg-work out of creating Gutenberg blocks, working alongside the excellent Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin.
Creating Gutenberg blocks with Advanced Custom Fields
Playing with Gutenberg can be fun. But creating blocks in JavaScript can be tough. But ACF will be giving developers help in the future.
Block Styles in Gutenberg
Every block type in the WordPress editor can have multiple style options. I'll show you how to add and remove style options from blocks.
Opinion: WordPress Gutenberg and the responsibility of owning a website
I had a realisation: WordPress isn’t focussed on agencies and developers right now - it wants users who can fend for themselves.
What WordPress Developers Think of Gutenberg
Two independent and highly-experienced WordPress developers offer professional opinions on Gutenberg and what it means for industry experts.
Theme Support
The new Blocks include baseline support in all themes, enhancements to opt-in to and the ability to extend and customize. There are a few new concepts to consider when building themes: Editor Color…
Working with Editor Styles in Gutenberg
When building themes with custom styles for Gutenberg blocks you need to make sure those styles match in the editor as well.
Gutenberg Color Palette and Button Styling
A developer's guide to creating a WordPress color palette and applying the styles to Gutenberg blocks.
Create a Custom Gutenberg Block with Advanced Custom Fields
Create a custom Gutenberg hero block with me the easy way with ACF and the new acf_register_block() function.
Custom Post Loop as a Gutenberg Block | WordPress
Learn how to easily create a configurable testimonials block in Wordpress with Gutenberg and Advanced Custom Fields.
A Step By Step Guide To Converting A WordPress Shortcode To A Gutenberg Block
We answered the frequently-asked question about Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0, "What about my shortcodes?". Learn how to convert your shortcode into a block in this step-by-step guide. Plus free examples!
How to Convert A WordPress Shortcode To A Gutenberg Block
Our friend Josh Pollock recently published a guide which I wish I’d written (and which I may yet, because it’s a good idea, and I’m sure going to be growingly-common question). It’s about how to go from a shortcode, which is that [square-bracketed] things of the past, to the Gutenberg-y thing of the future: blocks!
Hey WordPress Theme Developers, Are Your Themes Ready for the Gutenberg Block Editor?
Before WordPress 5.0 arrived I came across a few premium WordPress themes already advertising that they were ‘Gutenberg-ready’ or ‘Gutenberg-compatible’. Huh. But how could a theme not be compatible with… Read more
Introducing new Page Building Blocks and Tools for CoBlocks
Introducing the new CoBlocks, a suite of page building blocks for the WordPress Gutenberg block editor. This is the Gutenberg page builder you’ve been waiting for. CoBlocks will make you rethink what WordPress is capable of.
How to get involved in Gutenberg Phase 2
Having trouble figuring out how to get involved in the Gutenberg Phase 2 effort? Understandable! There are a lot of teams (and channels and blogs) to keep up with. This post will help you find the …
ACF Gutenberg Blocks
No React, No Problem Advanced Custom Fields now offers a simple way of converting traditional ACF field groups into Gutenberg blocks without writing a line of React. This exciting announcement from the ACF team is really appealing if you aren’t ready to dive head-first into building custom Gutenberg blocks, which can be a time consuming and daunting
Gutenberg Phase 2 to Update Core Widgets to Blocks, Classic Widget in Development
Gutenberg phase 2 development is underway and one of the first orders of business is porting all existing core widgets to blocks. This task is one of the nine projects that Matt Mullenweg outlined …
Gutenberg Accessibility Audit Vendor Selection
WPCampus is excited to announce our selection of Tenon LLC to conduct an accessibility audit of the Gutenberg content editor. Founded by Karl Groves, Tenon is a leader in the accessibility testing field. We look forward to working with the team at Tenon over the coming weeks. Thank you to all of the companies who […]
WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg: A better way to handle CSS overload
As you may know, WordPress 5.0 introduced a new editor experience (for those that haven’t decided to explicitly disable it), and the response has been mostly “ok, cool.” from users, despite the controversial release schedule, and the decision to punt many accessibility and performance issues to subsequent patch releases. And while I won’t try to […]
Full and wide alignment in Gutenberg
The new WordPress block editor includes two new alignment options. To take advantage of the new alignment options, your theme must first support them. Include add_theme_support( 'align-wide' ) in your…
Amanda Giles: The Basics of building a Gutenberg Block
The future is Gutenberg and it is coming. Will you be ready? Gutenberg is a whole new editing experience for WordPress. If you are a WordPress developer you will not want to miss this talk where we…
How to Update Your Old WordPress Posts with Gutenberg Block Editor
Want to update to WordPress 5.0 ? Not sure how to update your old posts with Gutenberg? Follow our guide on how to convert old posts into Gutenberg blocks.
How to Create a Reusable Block in WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)
Do you want to save time by using reusable blocks in Gutenberg editor? Learn how to easily create reusable blocks in WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).