In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Grzegorz Ziółkowski discuss WordPress 5.9 Go/No-Go Decision, Gutenberg Releases 11.6 and 11.7, and ongoing discussions about Themes and Styles for the Editor
- Music: Homer Gaines
- Editor: Sandy Reed
- Logo: Mark Uraine
- Production: Pauli Systems
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Show Notes
Announcements
- Review by Jorge Calle, Ecuador
- Oct 28, 2021 – noon EDT / 16:00 UTC
Live Q & A: Case Study: Converting Classic Widgets to Blocks for BuddyPress - Video: How can we make building blocks easier? w/ Helen Hou-Sandí, Mark Jauquith and Riad Benguella
- Exploring custom blocks from a PHP-centric developer UX point of view
- Video: Going from Classic to block-based Themes w/ Ellen Bauer, Carolina Nymark and Anders Noren
WordPress 5.9 Updates
- WordPress 5.9 Go/No-Go Decision October 14, 2021 (Make Core)
- WordPress 5.9 Planning Roundup (Make Core)
- Preliminary Road to 5.9 (Make Core)
- Series of bugs and shortcomings faced during 5.9 go/no go prep (GitHub)
- WordPress 5.9 Must-Haves Project (GitHub)
- Summary: Navigation Editor and Block hallway hangout
WordCamp US
- Building Modern WordPress Sites: The Interplay of Blocks, Patterns & Theme.json – Rich Tabor from Extendify
- A Voice for the New White House Administration with the Block Editor – Helen Hou-Sandi from 10up
- Creative Use of Block Styles – Kjell Reigstad from Automattic
- Demystifying Gutenberg Blocks – Understanding First Steps to Becoming a Gutenberg Developer – Cory Webb, software engineer at Fast
Community Contributions
What’s Released
Gutenberg 11.6
- What’s new in Gutenberg 11.6 (29 September) (Make Core)
- Gutenberg 11.6 Improves the Global Styles UI, Adds Child Theme Support (WPTavern)
- Gutenberg 11.6 Introduces New API for Locking Blocks (WPTavern)
Gutenberg 11.7
- What’s new in Gutenberg 11.7 (October 13th)
- Gutenberg 11.7 Iterates on Global Styles, Improves Adding Navigation Links, and Adds Column Spacing
What’s in active development or discussed
Gallery Block Refactor Dev note by Glen Davies
FSE Q & A – Submit your questions!
- Submit Full Site Editing questions by Oct 27th
- FSE Program: Answers from Round Two of Questions
- FSE Program: Answers about general functionality
FSE Theme Switching
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