Let’s dig in!
Navigation block
@jorgefilipecosta is quick to get a prototype going! Check out the preliminary development.
Widgets to blocks
A question was recently asked of me if I had thought about the UX for both new and existing WordPress users. While I had thought about this, I realized I hadn’t really shared some flows with everyone. I’m aiming to get something like this articulated in Figma by Monday.
Some questions that arise when thinking through the UX:
- Should new users see anything using the terminology “widget” including an option to add widgets in the widgets.php page, or should the experience be completely focused toward blocks?
- Existing users who have existing widgets on their site.
- There needs to be a way that WordPress notifies the user of the switch to blocks. Do we automatically wrap the widget in the Classic Widget block? or teach the user how?
- Does WordPress show both a widget.php page and a block area page? This could help themes during the transition as well.
- Existing users who don’t have widgets on their site.
- If users haven’t used widgets yet, should WordPress just push them toward blocks and deprecate the widgets terminology similar to the new user experience?
Tightening up
- Looks like the Section block has been renamed to the Group block to avoid any full site “section” editing in the future.
- Adding a way to group blocks together under the Section/Group block after they’ve been already created.
- Latest Posts block is getting some great iterations.
- Delay the Publish Private settings so that it doesn’t just automatically publish privately when selecting this option.
Thanks for reading, staying informed, and contributing anywhere you can!