It’s Friday!! I hope everyone who made the trek to WCUS or WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Tokyo this year made it back home safely and your travels were uneventful. Just a reminder that WordPress 5.3 is due to release on November 12!
If you didn’t catch it, @matveb posted an update to the Full Site Editing experience recently.
Priorities for the coming month include:
- BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Content Areas,
- Menu Navigation Block, and
- Tightening up existing interactions
For more details, consult this recent post. Now let’s take a look at where we’re at today.
Merged
- Nav block submenu item design.
- Link creation interface.
- Toggle control and Snackbar components added to Storybook.
- Adding color to Navigation block.
In Progress
- Navigation block is included in the Experiments page in the 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/ pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.. You can turn it on and test it out yourself. It’s an early iteration, but everyone can experience it now. - Adding DimensionControl component to Group block.
- Adding link ability to media in Media+Text block.
- Edit media flow control.
- Adding a site description block for full-site editing.
- Tips work is being reviewed again.
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!