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Some significant recent news about Gutenberg…

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Some significant recent news about Gutenberg and its release has come out this week. Matt Mullenweg announced an expansion of the release team and named some members of the WordPress community who will help lead "the critical focuses required for…

If you’re looking for some quality…

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Dan Knauss

If you're looking for some quality podcasts, this episode of Elementor Talks with Elliot Condon might be worth a listen. Elliot is the lead developer for the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. ACF has been in the news recently for is updates related…

Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September…

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Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September 20) that Gutenberg has over 420,000 active installations, and 213,000 posts written with Gutenberg have been tracked. Note that this is only for Jetpack and WordPress.com sites. The total number would be higher if…

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…

Version 5.0 of Advanced Custom Fields…

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Version 5.0 of Advanced Custom Fields has been released, and it's considered a major milestone for the free version. Updates include a revised UI, a revamped import/export tool, long-awaited Gutenberg support, and several new fields.

Gutenberg 3.8 is out. Included in…

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Gutenberg 3.8 is out. Included in this release: a full screen mode, a new UI for bulk managing reusable blocks, a more sophisticated mechanism for editor styles, and a number of bugfixes and tweaks to existing features.

Distributor is a free WordPress plugin…

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Distributor is a free WordPress plugin that makes it easy to syndicate and reuse content across websites (including multisite installations) or across the web with the REST API. 10up has brought the plugin out of beta, and it is now…

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…

Adam Soucie shares a case study…

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Adam Soucie shares a case study comparing how a Gist embed module for Beaver Builder and a Gutenberg block with the same function are built. The key differences come down to JavaScript versus PHP. Adam feels that although Gutenberg might not be the first…

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…

Jonathan Bailey, copyright and plagiarism consultant…

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Jonathan Bailey, copyright and plagiarism consultant at CopyByte, puts his thoughts down about the future of WordPress: "WordPress is at a crossroads... it faces a new threat, and it’s not a competitor but rather an ideology." Jonathan believes the self-hosted…

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…

WordPress 4.9.8 was officially released on August…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress 4.9.8 was officially released on August 2nd. It included "18 Privacy fixes focused on ensuring consistency and flexibility in the new personal data tools that were added in 4.9.6." Also with this version, developers should note the register_meta() function supports registration of…

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 3rd WPCampus conference, focused on…

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The 3rd WPCampus conference, focused on higher education and WordPress, was held recently in St. Louis. For those unable to attend, there was a live stream, and session videos will be placed on the site within the next couple of…
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