WPCampus releases results of the Gutenberg accessibility audit
In late 2018, WPCampus released a request for proposals to conduct an accessibility audit of the WordPress block editor, also known as Gutenberg. In early 2019, we announced our selection of Tenon, LLC to conduct the audit. We are excited to share the results of the Gutenberg accessibility audit.
Laraberg is a Laravel package by Maurice Wijnia that aims to provide an easy way to integrate the Gutenberg editor in Laravel projects. Laraberg aims to provide an easy way to integrate the Gutenberg editor with your Laravel projects. It is built on top of the GutenbergJS project, implements all the necessary communication and adds an easy to use API. Here’s the b …
Inster – Instagram Block for WordPress Gutenberg Editor
Inster is a version of the popular Instagram widget for WordPress Gutenberg Editor, which allows shares photos and videos from Instagram on the website built on WordPress 5.0+. The Block can b...
A css grid layout block for gutenberg. It allows you to create masonry like content. This could be a gallery, content flowing in unique ways, or whate …
Prior to the release of WordPress 5.0, I conducted a survey asking WordPress users with Gutenberg experience to offer their perspective on the new editor. The survey was conducted as part of a broader user-research effort designed to understand more about how content publishers view page-building and site-building tools, and how the new content editor [...]
Gutenberg Team Publishes RFC Document on Widget-Block Interfaces
The Gutenberg team has published a Blocks in Widget Areas RFC (request for comments) document, detailing a technical approach that brings blocks to the wp-admin/widgets.php screen and the Customize…
The plugin directory already has a block section, and there has been some fragmented discussion about expanding or improving it. I’d like to share some thoughts on this and propose a more expansive…
WordPress 5.0 is here and with it the new WordPress block editor. If you're planning on using the block editor, it's a good idea to test it out on staging site before updating your live site. Step
17 Plugins, Tutorials, and Resources for Gutenberg
The WordPress community officially has Gutenberg fever. While there has been some grumbling (and not without some cause), the blocky little editor that could, has gone mainstream. People have been building, writing, collating, and generally just adapting to the changes, and I'm here to show you some of what they've done… Enjoy! Plugins As is usual, the WordPress community has gone wild, and has already developed loads of plugins for the new editor; we can't possibly list them all. Besides, so many of them add pretty much the same new blocks, or very similar blocks, so I've decided to list o...
WordPress Explores Proposal for New Block Directory to Host Single Block Plugins
WordPress core contributor Alex Shiels has published a proposal for a WordPress.org block directory that would host JavaScript-based, single block plugins. The directory would make blocks searchabl…
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…