ByDan Knauss
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Igor Benić closely examines the useful ServerSideRender Gutenberg Component. Igor says, “When I want to convert a shortcode used to display dynamic content, I tend to go for this component.”
Keeping Up with Gutenberg 🚧 Gutenberg 6.0 is out with significant enhancements to the column layout block, widgets block, and block group functionality, among other things. Felix Arntz explains how to leverage the power of Custom Elements in Gutenberg. Like many popular, component-based JavaScript frameworks, Custom Elements bring Web Components to WordPress — standardized “browser…
The release of Gutenberg 3.2 brings with it a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Among the improvements are APIs for inline images and inline blocks, the ability to convert columns to parent/child blocks, the ability to register new block categories, and a new modal component. Matias Ventura notes this release “generally completes our MVP feature…
I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and thoughts I’ve had around the way this release and other releases are scheduled. I’ll keep this note to the accessibility components. There have been ample critiques of Gutenberg, with a great deal of heat…
Jeff Ong at ThemeShaper shares how to create a block-based theme using block templates that can be fully edited with Gutenberg — including headers, footers, and sidebars. As of Gutenberg 7.2.0, block templates are an experimental feature on the path to a full-site editable front-end for WordPress. Jeff notes, “This spec is in a very…
WordPress 6.2.2 is available now for update. This reintroduces shortcodes in Block Theme Templates in a more secure way.
Rich Tabor and WordPress Playground innovator Adam Zielinski discuss the capabilities and promise of WP Playground.
What do you want to see for future WordCamps? Share your ideas on the post.
Do you want to disable border settings for everyone but Administrators, and only for posts? See the Dev Blog.
What’s the fate of the plugin review team with the primary maintainer soon to retire? It appears to have a bright future with additional contributors and tooling.
Gutenberg 10.6 has been released — with support for Duotone filters for blocks, suggestions for Block Patterns in the placeholder area of a newly created block, enhancements to the Table Block, and further work to Full Site Editing. 📦
