News About Gutenberg

Howdy, 2009 I was invited to NASA first Launch TweetUp for STS 129 with ca 150 other Tweeple. We learned about the shuttle lunch, it’s mission, talked to engineers, astronauts, and administrators of NASA, and shared it with our followers on Twitter. It was certainly one of the most interesting… Read more

Howdy, We are running towards WordPress 6.4 Beta 1! Gutenberg 16.7 RC candidate was released this week. What are you most excited about for this major WordPress release? For me, it’s the Block Hooks that allow you to auto-insert blocks and the font library it empowers users to manage local… Read more

Howdy, Are you also enjoying that last few weeks of summer-like weather in Europe? How is the weather in your part of the world? After I finish this newsletter, I’ll take a walk through the forest. I haven’t done this for a long time: shinrin-yoku (Forest bathing) is good for… Read more

The Font Library is a new WordPress feature that will come to WordPress 6.4. Your help is needed to test the feature that allows you to manage fonts and their variants for your website. You can find the PR on GitHub Font Library: Frontend [Stage 1] #53884 Use WordPress playground You… Read more

Howdy, The WordPress 6.4 release is fast approaching. This week I tested two new features. I am excited about that content creators and designers will be able to add a background image to group blocks. I see a few more decorative, wall paper like backgrounds for quotes, or call out… Read more

Howdy, Apart from The Future of WordPress & What’s Next for Gutenberg with the keynotes by Josepha Haden Chomphosy and Matt Mullenweg, including Q & A, I still haven’t caught up with the videos from WordCamp US. Below is a list with links to the talks I want to see… Read more

Howdy, I had a fabulous time on our Danube River Cruise. We walked the capitals of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, Budapest, Vienna and Bratislava, learned about the long history of the region and had excellent food and wine tastings. In the past three weeks, a lot has happened in many… Read more

Howdy, I’ll be on vacation for the next two weeks and during that time, I will stay away from the computer or phone as much as possible. Really disconnect from the net. I’ll let you know how that went when I’ll get back 🧐 While I am gone, WordPress 6.3… Read more

One of the key challenges of running a site or series of sites at scale is ensuring design consistency and compliance with a design system. During this show, David Bowman, principal designer and Alec Geatches, JavaScript Developer, both at WordPress VIP will demonstrate the process to export the design system… Read more

Howdy, One more week, and I will start my Summer vacation. It’ll be a mixture between, pursuing neglected passing projects, giving family support, birthday celebrations and home improvement projects. My husband and I will join my in-laws (MIL + SIL) on a river-cruise on the Danube and visit new places… Read more

Howdy, WordPress 6.3 release candidate has been published and with it the Fieldguide with the array of changes for developers is now available. It’s a lot to digest, so we’ll keep this newsletter short. Or rather focused on the upcoming major release. Pick and choose, depending on what’s important to… Read more

In this YouTube Live Q & A, participants learned how Gutenberg components and scripts can be used outside the block editor to revamp a plugin’s code base. Jason Adams, Director of Development and Jon Waldstein, Lead Developer from GiveWP walked us through their approach to rebuilding their highly popular Donations… Read more