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A new version of Gutenberg landed…

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A new version of Gutenberg landed this week with foundational work and UI explorations related to the block-based widgets screen. There is also a new, built-in, static Gutenberg Playground for testing in a WordPress agnostic context. There's also an open…

Rich Tabor shows how you can…

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Rich Tabor shows how you can conditionally load front-end JavaScript for Gutenberg blocks. Rich walks you through some checks for specific blocks on a page using methods drawn from his own plugins.

WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 has been…

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WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 has been released. The highlights include: Significant performance improvements to the block editor. New blocks for RSS, search, calendar, tag cloud, and more. A new block management tool to switch blocks on and off. Phase one…

Gutenberg 5.3 is out with some…

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Gutenberg 5.3 is out with some fancy new features. Now there's a block management modal window that allows users to enable and disable blocks, and the Cover Block can contain other blocks nested inside it.

There’s a proposal for a new…

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There's a proposal for a new type of plugin for JavaScript-only single blocks. The aim is for people to be able to search for blocks and install them directly from the Gutenberg editor. I think this is an exciting concept.…

Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts about the…

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Dan Knauss

Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts about the beta version of the WordPress iOS mobile app that integrates with Gutenberg now: "The responsiveness of the editor is amazing, and the ability to move blocks up and down makes editing inside the mobile…

⚛️ In a recent update, Atomic…

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Dan Knauss

⚛️ In a recent update, Atomic Blocks added a pricing table block that allows you to show your product lines in columns with images and separators.

To no one’s surprise, several Gutenberg…

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Brian Krogsgard

To no one's surprise, several Gutenberg talks appeared throughout the WCUS conference schedule, especially on Friday. Miina Sikk from XWP spoke that afternoon about extending Gutenberg core blocks in the context of the AMP for WordPress plugin. (The official release…

John Blackbourn gave an excellent lightning…

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Brian Krogsgard

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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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…

Gutenberg 4.6 is out with a…

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Gutenberg 4.6 is out with a relatively shorter changelog than in the past. Mostly browser related fixes (for IE11, Edge, drag-and-drop functionality), an improvement for block preview styling, and various other tweaks and fixes. This "what's new" update has been…

Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks…

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Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks with Gutenberg and Sage, a WordPress starter theme. The article is in French, but Chrome translated it quite well for me.
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