Category: Gutenberg News & Updates – Gutenberg WordPress Editor

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Gutenberg The block editor is coming to the mobile apps

The WordPress mobile apps just getting updated to integrate the block editing experience for mobile users. The expected launch date for this update is set for March 11th, 2019. The initial release is focused to support basic gutenberg blocks like paragraph, image and headline blocks. Read more about this at the official post. Read More »

WordPress 5.1 “Betty” Released

Following WordPress 5.0 — a major release which introduced the new block editor codenamed Gutenberg— 5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving the overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and developers. Checkout official post for more info. Read More »

WordPress 5.2 Schedule and Scope

Gary Pendergast shared the details, schedule and scope for the WordPress 5.2. It is scheduled to be released by the end of April, 2019. The most interesting thing he mentioned for this update is an in-built Gutenberg Blocks Manager which is a must needed feature now. He also mentioned about the block directory which would be made available with this release. This will be an exciting update for sure. Read more at the official post. Read More »

What’s New in Gutenberg v5.0? (6th February)

The work on Gutenberg plugin is progressing toward Phase 2 of the project. Gutenberg plugin v5.0 has been released. This release includes. A new RSS block and follow-up improvements: 1, 2. A new Amazon Kindle embed block. A new FocalPointPicker component and use it to define the focal point of the Cover block background. Bunch of Bug fixes. Bunch of improvements. Documentation updates. More... Read More »

Update on Porting Widgets to Blocks

Mel Choyce shared the progress update on . Specifically for porting WordPress Widgets to Gutenberg Blocks. A lot of progress has been made with few things left. If you are a developer you can contribute to the pending issues via github. The set timeline for this specific project from is ~4 weeks. Read More »

Gutenberg Plugin v4.7 is out!

Gutenberg development has continued via the Gutenberg plugin. If you wish to test latest updates, you can install the Gutenberg plugin. The latest version 4.7.0 has just been released which includes performance improvements and bug fixes. You can help test it out to fix any bugs and issues before it get merged to the core in v 5.0.1. Read More »

Gutenberg Phase 2 Plan Revealed

To recap, Gutenberg Phase 2 will: Be outside of post_content. Focus on customization. Upgrading themes, widgets, & menus. Early version of phase 2 will be in the Gutenberg plugin. Be sure to reactivate it! Read More »