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WordCamp US will be happening next…

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Brian Krogsgard

WordCamp US will be happening next week — officially December 7th, 8th, and 9th — for the second year in Nashville. If you are not attending, free livestream tickets are available. There's a certain feeling in the air that this year's…

Gutenberg 4.6 is out with a…

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Brian Krogsgard

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…

Alex Mills released a new version…

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Brian Krogsgard

Alex Mills released a new version of SyntaxHighlighter Evolved that allows you to easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site, now with Gutenberg support.

Gutenberg 4.5 was released a few…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 4.5 was released a few days ago, and it "matches the first 5.0 RC feature set." Some notable additions include: (1) a minimal multi-selection block panel; (2) the “Disable Visual Editor” option can be set on a per-user basis; (3)…

Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise

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Brian Krogsgard

I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and thoughts I've had around the way this release and other releases are scheduled. I'll keep this note to the…

Gutenberg 4.3 was released with many updates,…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 4.3 was released with many updates, including core custom field meta box toggling, an API for annotations, URL validation to link input in RichText, improved navigation and interactions around the Columns and Gallery blocks, and speech announcement support for block…

Bill Erickson shows how to build a…

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Dan Knauss

Bill Erickson shows how to build a custom Gutenberg site with a Gutenberg-optimized theme. Bill offers a lot of code examples and some helpful advice based on the differences between pre- and post-Gutenberg site development.

WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 was officially released,…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 was officially released, and it includes an updated version of the Twenty Nineteen theme as well as the latest version of the block editor for Gutenberg. The previous default themes were updated as well. Recently Gary Pendergast posted…

Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks…

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Dan Knauss

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.

Array Themes, as well as the…

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Dan Knauss

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.…

WordPress 5.0 Beta 3 was officially released,…

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David Bisset

WordPress 5.0 Beta 3 was officially released, and it includes an updated version of the Twenty Nineteen theme as well as the latest version of the block editor for Gutenberg. The previous default themes were updated as well. Recently Gary Pendergast posted…

Eric Karkovack has showcased an impressive upcoming feature…

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Dan Knauss
Eric Karkovack has showcased an impressive upcoming feature of Advanced Custom Fields. Called "ACF Blocks," this feature allows users to create custom Gutenberg block types without the usual JavaScript. ACF PRO customers can play with this today in the latest beta release,…

WooCommerce recently gave us a glimpse…

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Dan Knauss

WooCommerce recently gave us a glimpse into some JavaScript-powered changes scheduled for early 2019, including reports (some new, others improved), an improved notification experience, better management tools, and a new dashboard. For me, the dashboard preview was the most impressive.…

Gutenberg 4.1 has been released and…

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Dan Knauss

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…

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this release covers a number of items from a long "pending items" list. Other than bug fixes, some new additions include colors for cover image overlays, a new font size picker, better pullquote features, post locking, a…

I’m a big fan of Wes…

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Brian Krogsgard

I'm a big fan of Wes Bos's series of online tutorials, and if you are moving deeper into React then you might be interested in his latest Full Stack JavaScript Apps with React.js and GraphQL course. WordPress Developers may also…
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