As we dive into the block-based widgets screen, foundational work is required to support using the Gutenberg editor outside the Post Editor context. This release falls into this category of release…
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…
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.
Findings & recommendations (Site building study #5)
These are the results of a user research study investigating mental models related to building and customising a website. Results are split across five posts: Background | Segments: Bloggers · Smal…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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 …
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 …
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 […]