Happy Friday! Let’s take a look at some of the design updates going on in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.
https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ recently.
Merged
In progress
- Block patterns are exploring design iterations.
- Link interface is getting a lot of attention lately. [issue] [PR]
- A Card component has been introduced.
- Horizontal movers for blocks.
- Adjusting alignment of the Publish button.
- Adding option to link media in Media+Text block.
- Smooth native multi-select across blocks.
- Custom gradient component.
Get involved
Now’s a great time to get involved. While the work on this project is intense, it’s always important to glean new perspectives from other WordPress users and community members. Just drop into any of the links provided above to read up on the details and contribute.
Thanks for reading, staying informed, and contributing anywhere you can!