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Array Themes, as well as the…

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Array Themes, as well as the associated Atomic Blocks (a library of customizable blocks for Gutenberg), has been acquired by WP Engine. Array founder Mike McAlister and contributor John Parris will be joining WP Engine as part of the acquisition.…

Gutenberg 4.1 has been released and…

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Gutenberg 4.1 has been released and is considered "feature complete for ... the WordPress 5.0 cycle." New features include a "block navigation system" that works as a pathfinder, new style variations for the table block, support for video backgrounds in…

Sallie Goetsch has built a plugin…

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Dan Knauss

Sallie Goetsch has built a plugin that generates a portfolio Custom Post Type whose entries are pre-populated with core Gutenberg blocks. When you create a new portfolio item, the blocks are pre-arranged in a template to make it easier to…

Since the callout in WordPress 4.7.8,…

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Since the callout in WordPress 4.7.8, there has been an explosion of Gutenberg feedback, such as this batch of insightful opinions gathered by Bob Dunn from various members of the community. There also has been an increase in lengthier posts…

There are signs that Gutenberg is being considered…

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There are signs that Gutenberg is being considered for adoption on some level in Drupal. There is already a demo of Gutenberg in Drupal, and there is a talk dedicated to the subject at the upcoming Drupal Europe conference. Yoast recently showed off…

Gutenberg 3.5 is out with another long list…

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Gutenberg 3.5 is out with another long list of features, but the clear majority of items are improvements that refine and polish the user experience, like styles for checkbox components and states for buttons. About 50% of all Gutenberg downloads have happened…

Speaking of interview podcasts, Elliot Condon…

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Speaking of interview podcasts, Elliot Condon of Advanced Custom Fields spoke about ACF, Gutenberg, and WordPress in general on a recent ShopTalk podcast. If you are a user or developer invested in ACF, you'll be happy to read this update…

Gutenberg 3.4 was recently released with “a…

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Gutenberg 3.4 was recently released with "a multitude of improvements when converting existing content to blocks," a REST API search controller, additional documentation, and more than a dozen bug fixes. Gary Pendergast also shared a sample plugin on Github that shows how…

The Block Unit Test plugin is…

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Brian Krogsgard

The Block Unit Test plugin is a development tool to help theme developers prepare for Gutenberg. It will create a single page with all the core blocks present in all their variations.

  Gutenberg 3.1 is out, with…

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Brian Krogsgard

  Gutenberg 3.1 is out, with (among many other things) tips interface for new users, ability to transform paragraph blocks into single quote blocks, improvements to the mobile block toolbar, better accessibility in a number of areas, and a long…

Gutenberg 2.8 was released officially on May…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 2.8 was released officially on May 4. This was a "polish more" release, but it still included some new additions like a "Spacer" block to create empty areas and a server-side render component. There are some nice improvements to the color…

Gutenberg 2.7 was released last week.…

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Gutenberg 2.7 was released last week. Among the bug fixes, it also added an official pagination block, updates to the link insertion interface, and (according to the update) it "pushes much of the Plugin API out of its experimental stage."…

As usual, we start off with…

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As usual, we start off with a few Gutenberg updates. Gutenberg 2.5 was officially released on March 29th, with a heavy focus on new and improved tools to extend and interact with the editor. On the user side, there are updates to…

First, some recent highlights from the…

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First, some recent highlights from the ongoing effort to get ready for Gutenberg. Dev4Press has a summary of the current state of Gutenberg (version 2.4). Antonio Villegas shows how you can create your first Gutenberg block. He briefly covers the edit…

The latest version of Gutenberg includes…

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Brian Krogsgard

The latest version of Gutenberg includes nested blocks -- a huge feature for making them even more dynamic. This will be especially helpful for managing columns, but other block types as well.
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