WordPress 5.0.3 was released. It’s mainly…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress 5.0.3 was released. It's mainly a maintenance release that includes 37 bug fixes and seven performance updates, with a focus on fine-tuning the new block editor and fixing any significant bugs or regressions.

The Next Web broke a GitHub…

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The Next Web broke a GitHub news embargo by accident when they announced Github's unlimited free private repos. The author of this story, Matthew Hughes, vented on Twitter that it was WordPress's fault for immediately publishing his post because it was…

WP Storybook looks like a good…

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Dan Knauss

WP Storybook looks like a good way to explore Gutenberg components. You can search and view them in different states and even test them on different viewports.

Bill Erickson has a nice list…

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Bill Erickson has a nice list of recommended plugins for forms, galleries, sliders, and libraries that have Gutenberg blocks. It's impressive to see more of these come to light after the ones Matt mentioned his State of the Word at…

Jeremy Felt has been working on…

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Jeremy Felt has been working on a select editor template for the Gutenberg editor. One of Jeremy's inspirations was the WP Gutenberg Templates plugin.

Advanced Custom fields 5.7.9 is out.…

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Advanced Custom fields 5.7.9 is out. This release comes as an update for both the free and pro plugin. It contains some critical improvements for Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0.

Eric Karkovack explains what WordPress 5.0…

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Eric Karkovack explains what WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg taught him about stress: [T]here is a line between involvement and unhealthy obsession. [...] I'm still going to pay close attention to the latest happenings in the world of WordPress. But I’m…

Alex Mustin shows off a video…

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Alex Mustin shows off a video about setting up a Gutenberg homepage in 30 seconds with a new "onboarding" feature in the upcoming Genesis version 2.8 release.

Mel Choyce explains how to design…

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Brian Krogsgard
Mel Choyce explains how to design a Gutenberg block for restaurant menus. Mel provides a Sketch file, and if you want to use the design to build a restaurant block, give Mel credit and a link in your plugin readme.txt.

I agree with Bill Erickson that…

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I agree with Bill Erickson that using Block Templates with Gutenberg is pretty useful. Bill shares some examples and how he's using them with a few of his clients.

John Blackbourn gave an excellent lightning…

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John Blackbourn gave an excellent lightning talk on Git Bisect. (His slides are here.) Trust me — if you work with Git at all as a developer, the things John has to show you will blow your mind. John also…

Adding to the list of growing…

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Brian Krogsgard

Adding to the list of growing Gutenberg blocks, these two are worth a look: Secure Blocks for Gutenberg from Matt Watson is a block plugin that secures content by user role, allowing display of alternative content to logged-out users and…

There is now a dedicated post…

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There is now a dedicated post on Make WordPress written by Mel Choyce about Gutenberg Phase 2, which shows off some screenshots and provides additional details from Matt's State of the Word on Saturday. Gutenberg Phase 2 will be outside post_content,…

There has been an official call…

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Brian Krogsgard

There has been an official call for developer documentation about Gutenberg. One of the criticisms I've heard from developers is the lack of documentation, and it appears that's beginning to be addressed now. In this post, Chris Van Patten highlights the kinds…
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