During his State of The Word Speech at WordCamp US, Matt Mullenweg mentioned some interesting Gutenberg block options that were available to download. That got us thinking about some Gutenberg blocks that we’d like to see in 2019.
Do WordPress Page Builders Have A Future In Gutenberg’s World?
Page builders are a mainstay of the WordPress economy. WordPress is designed to be user-friendly, but the complexity of the underlying theme framework puts the creation of custom page layouts beyond the reach of non-developers. Page builders allow people who can’t code to build unique page layouts with a graphical drag-and-drop interface. Gutenberg is a brand-new block-based editor for WordPress. Gutenberg, which was merged with core in 5.0, allows WordPress users to build pages from blocks, each of which encapsulates a useful page element. Page builders such as Divi, Beaver Builder, and Visual Composer provide similar functionality. Will there still […]
Using React for WordPress Gutenberg Development
In today’s fast-paced world, numerous websites are vying to get on top and stay ahead in the competition. Which means you need to come up with something that is aesthetically pleasing and exceptional enough to sustain for the long run. After making a grand entrance onto the web’s stage, WordPress as a CMS platform has succeeded in overcoming the misconception that traditionally belies it. With the recent update in its visual editor, i.e. the introduction of Gutenberg WordPress editor featured in WordPress 5.0, there’s a lot of hype and healthy debate going on around Gutenberg involving those people who develop […]
Gutenberg is Here!
In January 2017, Matt Mullenweg announced the Gutenberg project. A project that would change the way people created websites and content in WordPress. After nearly two years, Gutenberg has been merged with core in WordPress 5.0. A long time coming The WISIWYG editor hasn’t had a massive update in over 15 years. Gutenberg introduces a block-based editing system. Developers can make custom blocks which will save time when creating posts. Designers can customize their sites even more than ever before. The idea is to make it easier for first-time users to get a handle on WordPress, and create beautiful sites […]
Sharing React Components With Gutenberg
The new WordPress block-based editor Gutenberg is coming to the WordPress soon. While no one has yet defined where Gutenberg will next be used, its been well architected for reuse, which is great, because plugin developers can now use these components in other interfaces, in the WordPress admin and beyond. Because the Gutenberg team is currently moving a lot of the code that is most likely to be reused into npm modules, this makes it very simple to reuse the Gutenberg components in a React app, even if it isn’t in WordPress. That’s not the only way to import Gutenberg […]

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