ByDan Knauss
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The latest Gutenberg 6.5 update brings a social links block to the editor, support for local auto-saves (handy!), captions for cover blocks, updates to the navigation block, and more. There’s also a new, experimental feature for installing non-local blocks right from the block inserter. 🧪
This version of Gutenberg will be included in the upcoming WordPress 5.3 release in November.
Building an empire on free code: Matt talks WordPress outside the bubble. James Kemp, Anh Tran, and Phil Webster on WooCommerce options for licensing. Adam Silver on testimonials that help you grow. Anne Bovelett on accessibility and page builders. Jamie Marsland wonders if people building third-party plugins for the block editor have been too preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to ask if they should. Are they heading in the wrong direction?
Bill Erickson has a nice list of recommended plugins for forms, galleries, sliders, and libraries that have Gutenberg blocks. It’s impressive to see more of these come to light after the ones Matt mentioned his State of the Word at WordCamp US.
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Matthias Pfefferle is head of WordPress development at a hosting company in Europe and the creator of Activity Pub, a WordPress plugin. He joins Cory Miller to discuss the rising need for decentralization in social networking, the current movement, and the future potential available within WordPress.
An upcoming core editor improvement in WordPress will show block directory results even when installed blocks are found.
Should code comments switch to // ? Meetup.com stops using an accessibility overlay. Final releases for WordPress 3.7 – 4.0 are now available. Tune in soon for State of the Word 2023, happening December 15 via livestream from New York City.
