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Anne McCarty, a member of the…

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Anne McCarty, a member of the Developer Relations team at Automattic, explains how performance is measured and prioritized in each Gutenberg plugin release: “With each release… a performance benchmark is run against the last few releases that compares different response…

wJosepha Haden shared her “early thoughts”…

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wJosepha Haden shared her "early thoughts" 💭 on WordPress 5.8 planning, including this intention: "For the release that includes full site editing, I would like to pause our cohort mentorship processes and replace it with a public coordination channel for…

This is clever: Justin Ferriman shows…

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This is clever: Justin Ferriman shows how you can create course certificates in LearnDash using the Gutenberg editor. Better yet it's backward compatible so existing certificates will not be impacted. 🎖️ I agree with Rich Tabor's take on Twitter: "I…

It’s up for debate right now…

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It's up for debate right now how much demand there will be for headless WordPress. Jason Bahl identifies a key barrier: While much of WordPress was built with decoupling in mind, the WP REST API and Gutenberg were not. As…

The Gutenberg 10.1 release is out…

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The Gutenberg 10.1 release is out with visual enhancements for reusable blocks, improvements to Full Site Editing, widget and navigation screens, and global styles. ✨ Anne McCarthy has an overview of the current core editor improvements that impact front-end performance…

Elementor in the room 🐘 POST…

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Elementor in the room 🐘 POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ A recent conversation in Post Status Slack centers on Elementor. The company targeted "full-site editing" in some of its Google ads. Community member Birgit Pauli-Haack is the publisher of Gutenberg…

9️⃣9️⃣ Version 9.9 of the Gutenberg…

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9️⃣9️⃣ Version 9.9 of the Gutenberg plugin is out — its 99th release! What's New: Custom colors for social icons, a redesigned options modal (now called “preferences”), text labels in the block toolbar,  automatic dark mode, bug fixes, and miscellaneous…

There’s been a lot of discussion…

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There's been a lot of discussion around Josepha Haden's post about the "Big Picture Goals" for 2021. Check up on the discussion there in the comments if you haven't seen it yet. To recap the intentionally broad and incomplete focal…

💨 If you are looking for…

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💨 If you are looking for a positive Gutenberg experience, then check out this blog post. In it, Valentina Orlandi explains why WP Rocket chose Gutenberg and how the performance of their site improved. "We asked the agency in charge…

Kyle Van Deusen measures how much…

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Kyle Van Deusen measures how much faster Gutenberg and the WordPress editor (and also Oxygen) are than the Elementor page builder. However, performance might not matter as much as you might expect: "While I do have the ability to preview…

A new version of the Gutenberg…

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A new version of the Gutenberg plugin (9.6.0 🇨🇱) has been released with a focus on Full Site Editing and global styles. I especially like the new ability to drag blocks from the "inserter" into the block area. If you…

Matias Ventura has written a comprehensive…

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Matias Ventura has written a comprehensive status update for Gutenberg Phase 2: Full Site Editing. Matias describes the current state of all the primary projects and then explains how they fit together. If you haven't been keeping up on the…

Gutenberg 9.5 has been released, with…

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Gutenberg 9.5 has been released, with a focus on full-site editing and global styles. As Nik Tsekouras explains, fonts are now supported in the Code Block, and the full height alignment control is available in more blocks. ⬆️ If you…

Multidots built a WordPress plugin that…

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Multidots built a WordPress plugin that enables users to easily place comments inside the WordPress Gutenberg Editor. Anil Gupta told Post Status: "Our goal is to enrich the publishing experience for publishers in WordPress. Content collaboration in WordPress is critical…
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