It has been over a year since I published my displeasure with the Quote block. As a content producer, I frequently use and rely on this block but each time I use it, it becomes a battle that feels like David versus Goliath or me versus the block editor. Copying and pasting more than one paragraph into a block was impossible. Likewise, if the quoted text contained an ordered or unordered list, the block editor would turn everything into single paragraphs. Recently, Gutenberg 13.8 was released and among the patch notes was the following text that caught my eyes. After […]

If you’re wanting an easy way to quickly convert posts written in the Classic Editor into Blocks without having to edit each post and change them individually, check out this brand new WordPress plugin created by Marie Comet. Once installed and activated, you’ll find a Classic to Gutenberg link located in the Tools menu. This plugin adds a user interface that enables you to see a list of Posts or Pages that have been published in the Classic Editor, Gutenberg, or both. Simply check the box next to the post you want to Convert and click the Convert button. In […]

It has been a long time since I’ve used the WordPress for iOS app to create content. Today, I decided to take it for a spin to check out the block editor and to see if it has similar quirks to its desktop counterpart. Before launching the app, I didn’t look forward to the experience I was about to go through but I was pleasantly surprised. I started off by connecting the app to my WordPress.com account and writing a post using what I believe are the most common blocks, those being Paragraph, Quote, Image, List, Heading, and Video. While […]