Happy Friday everyone! Most of the Gutenberg work for WordPress 5.3 is completed. Next date to keep an eye on is:
October 15 – Release Candidate 1 (RC1)
This is a new version of WordPress ready for release, but still undergoing heavy testing.
Block previews needed another path. The Gutenberg Team tried base64 encoding for images in the preview code, but it caused the file to be too large. Next we tried pulling images straight from wikipedia, but didn’t feel comfortable relying on a site that wasn’t in WordPress’ control. Ultimately, we’re going to host the images on w.org’s CDN and link to them from the editor. Trac: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48292
Current work
- Block patterns and how to include them in the UI.
- Font size picker is just about there! Needs voice-over testing on the prototype.
- Diego Haz is working on incorporating his Reakit into Gutenberg starting with the block toolbar.
- Storybook is getting integrated with Gutenberg.
- A Card component is being explored.
Gutenberg usability testing
September’s round of testing is now posted. It included a new testing script that explored the Table block, and block moving functionality. Check out some of the videos and leave some feedback!
Design related work
- @drw158 recently posted about a WordPress type scale!
- @itsjonq has been building a site for WordPress Design Guidelines.
Thanks for reading, staying informed, and contributing anywhere you can!