Gutenberg

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What is

Gutenberg

What is

Gutenberg

• New Editor for WordPress
• Replaces the current "WYSIWYG" editor
• Might actually be WYSIWYG 

Why is

Gutenberg

• Competitors such as Squarespace
• Modern development practices

When is

Gutenberg

WordPress  5.0

When is

WordPress 5.0

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WordPress 4.9.6 with GDPR features coming soon!

For Users

Gutenberg

• Converts your existing posts to Gutenberg posts
• Feature rich way to create articles
• Easily create structured content e.g. recipes
• Potentially full site customisation

For Designers

Gutenberg

• Define structures instead of just designs
• Design reusable blocks to keep consistency
• Integrate more complex elements with media

For Developers

Gutenberg

• Still uses the_content
• Content is still stored in post_content field but with comments
• Can create additional blocks
• Can opt out on a post type by post type basis

FAQs

Gutenberg

• Shortcodes will continue to work
• Standard Meta-boxes will continue to work
• Custom Post Types are supported

Transition

Gutenberg

Classic Editor restores the previous Edit Post screen 

https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/

Advanced Examples

Gutenberg

• FAQs
• Products

Contribute

Gutenberg

• Users
• Designers
• Developers

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg

Currently 667 issues :-|

Questions?

Gutenberg

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