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The WPMarmite team has published a…

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The WPMarmite team has published a survey whose results are based on asking 127 WordPress theme shops how they have been embracing the Gutenberg block editor with an eye to the future of Full Site Editing in WordPress core. The…

WordCamp Europe 2021 has concluded its…

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WordCamp Europe 2021 has concluded its three-day run. It seemed to be received well as an online event. Organizers reported that 3,290 people registered (with 1,841 logged in at once) from 121 countries. 🌐 Among the 48 speakers, Matt Mullenweg…

Newly released Gutenberg 10.7 includes the…

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Newly released Gutenberg 10.7 includes the first iteration of responsive menus in the navigation block and new design tools to support the existing ones in blocks. Now you can insert block patterns from the WordPress.org Pattern Directory too. ✨

Eric Karkovack shows how you can…

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Eric Karkovack shows how you can conditionally control block visibility in the WordPress Gutenberg Editor with the Block Visibility plugin. 👻

Matt Chowning opened some issues in…

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Matt Chowning opened some issues in the Gutenberg repo to help begin the process of obtaining consent from contributors to relicense their work under the GPLv2 and MPLv2 licenses. Two days later Matt apologized in the wake of contributor reaction…

Gutenberg 10.6 has been released —…

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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. 📦

Sabrina Zeldan notes that if you…

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Sabrina Zeldan notes that if you have never contributed to Gutenberg or made blocks/plugins before, you should check out a series of posts from Marcus Kazmierczak that go back to 2017. Sabrina writes, "For me, as a complete newbie, it…

Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block…

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Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block plugins for WooCommerce stores: ProductX's Gutenberg WooCommerce Blocks, which extend the basic WooCommerce block options; Toolset's WooCommerce Blocks, for more extensive customizations; The core blocks built into WooCommerce.

Jem Turner shares six things she…

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Jem Turner shares six things she does to make Gutenberg development easier. 6️⃣ These include making the editor full width, adding the Reusable Blocks to the left-hand menu, and using the breadcrumb trail and list view. Jem includes some handy…

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is…

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Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by GoDaddy Pro from April 27-28. 🆓 The WordPress London Meetup is happening on April 29th and will discuss the hidden features of…

This week (April 14) there was…

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This week (April 14) there was a preannounced meeting with WordPress Project leaders Matt Mullenweg, Matias Ventura, Helen Hou-Sandi, and Josepha Haden Chomphosy. The purpose of the meeting was to host a "go/no go demo" to demonstrate and review the…

Gutenberg 10.4 was released this week…

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Gutenberg 10.4 was released this week with features like block widgets in the Customizer, enhancements to the Site Editor, improvements to rich text placeholders, and bug fixes. 🐛

Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is…

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Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is happening now for the first time between April 15-17. 🌎 WordCamp Greece is happening online today, April 16. 🇬🇷 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by…

Last week on the Post Status…

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Last week on the Post Status Excerpt podcast I made some comments on WordPress settings based on a tweet from Brian Krogsgard. On that topic of setting screens, Fränk Klein reached out to me on Post Status Slack this week,…

Josepha Haden Chomphosy has a new…

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Josepha Haden Chomphosy has a new post about some updates to the roadmap and some high-level clarifications about Full Site Editing (SE). 📝 Some Highlights: Full site editing "isn’t shipping as the full, default experience for users... this merge process…
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