After a round of beta testing, four of our WordCamp blocks are now available on all WordCamp.org sites!
The four blocks are:
- Speakers
- Sessions
- Sponsors
- Organizers
Each of these blocks is an enhanced replacement of a WordCamp shortcode. Most of the same functionality is available in these new block forms, along with many new options, while the block editor UI makes customization much easier than wrangling shortcode parameters.
Documentation for the new blocks can be found on the WordCamp Organizer Handbook.
Going forward, newly created WordCamp sites will use the blocks in their default content. Existing WordCamp sites will still use the shortcodes, however, so no sites should have broken layouts as a result of this change.
A fifth shortcode replacement block, for WordCamp schedules, is still in development. In addition to providing a block editor UI for customizing the output of a camp’s schedule, the new Schedule block will change the HTML markup of the schedule to be CSS-grid-based instead of table-based. Stay tuned for more updates about this block.
Thanks to all the folks who worked to make these blocks happen: @coreymckrill, @vedjain, @iandunn, @ryelle, @melchoyce, @karmatosed, @andreamiddleton. Also thanks to everyone who gave us feedback during scoping and beta testing!