Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. We now know the schedule for the next WordPress release, version 4.9.8, which features a big push for users to help beta-test Gutenberg. In this week’s video, Doc talks about what to expect from 4.9.8 and when to expect it. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. We now know the schedule of WordPress version 4.9.8, which includes a massive release […]
How The REST API And Gutenberg Work Together
Since the WordPress REST API was first proposed, we’ve talked a lot about how it will be involved in the future of wp-admin. Gutenberg, the new WordPress UI system that will be used for the new post editor in WordPress 5.0 is the first example we have of the REST API being used to communicate data between the server and a JavaScript-driven interface. A JavaScript-driven interface communicating with WordPress via the REST API or GraphQL inside of wp-admin is something that’s been talked about and written about a lot. Many plugins do this already. But Gutenberg is the most expansive […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Early Review of the Gutenberg Editor
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. We’ve talked a lot about the upcoming Gutenberg Editor for WordPress, but this week Doc gives an early review. Gutenberg hasn’t been officially released yet, but a beta version is available in the plugin repository. Keep in mind this is still an early version of the new editor and many changes are probably still coming. This version used in this video is 0.4.0.
Use Your Mind to Control Gutenberg with 93digital’s GutenBrain
One of the biggest things to happen to WordPress last year was the launch of 5.0 and Gutenberg. Since then, the community has created plugins, themes, and libraries all optimized for the new editor. London-based agency, 93digital is adding to the fray with GutenBrain. A plugin that allows you to control Gutenberg with your mind. The plugin comes with a headset that uses a brain control interface and AI to let you actually create blocks just by thinking about it. According to the press release, “WordPress users can wear the wireless headset, and after going through a calibration exercise using […]
Tune into the Gutenberg Times Live Q & A With Yoast
Gutenberg Times is hosting a live Q & A with Yoast partner and CTO, Omar Reiss and blog team lead Willemien Hallebeek to talk about the making of Open Source with blocks. Host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by developer relations wrangler on the WordPress open-source project, Anne McCarthy to lead the panel through the discussion. Reiss and Hallebeek will discuss how they are leveraging the WordPress block editor in their dynamic open source projects, and of course answer your questions. The stream starts at 2:30 PM EST on December 10th on the Gutenberg Times YouTube channel. Register here. If you […]
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