Month: December 2019

  • Gutenberg: One Year Later

    Gutenberg: One Year Later

    As we quickly head into the final weeks of 2019, we also pass the first anniversary of WordPress 5.0 and, subsequently, Gutenberg coming headlong into our lives. Love it or hate it, Gutenberg is here to stay. If you had asked my thoughts on it last December, I would have probably sided with a large…

  • Initial Documentation for Block-Based WordPress Themes Proposed

    Initial Documentation for Block-Based WordPress Themes Proposed

    In a pull request on the Gutenberg repository yesterday, Riad Benguella created an initial document that outlines how block-based WordPress themes might work. While the document is merely a starting point for the conversation, it is a set of ideas that will likely forever reshape the WordPress landscape. It is paradigm-shifting. For the first time,…

  • Black Friday Banner Gone Wrong: Advertising in Free Plugins

    Black Friday Banner Gone Wrong: Advertising in Free Plugins

    On November 28, millions of people awoke to a Black Friday ad on nearly every page of their WordPress admin, courtesy of the Yoast SEO plugin. That day also coincided with the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, so it left freelancers and agencies scrambling to address a banner on their clients’ sites on a day they likely…

  • Gutenberg 7.0 Launches Stable Navigation Block, Post Blocks, and Template Parts

    Gutenberg 7.0 Launches Stable Navigation Block, Post Blocks, and Template Parts

    On November 27, Gutenberg 7.0 landed with several features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Most notably, the navigation block is now a stable feature. Theme authors can also start using block template parts and testing the post title and content blocks. The update addressed several bugs with the block editor. It also introduced new developer features…

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