Four Down, Four to Go: Gutenberg

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WordPress will soon be releasing a momentous update to the platform. It's the biggest update in around 12 years. Did I say "it's huge"?

It's going to revolutionize the way we write and format our blogs. But don't worry. You'll soon get the hang of it when it comes out. And if you're resistant to change there'll be a way to return to the old editor.

No one likes change but everyone likes improvements. Gutenberg is an improvement.

As usual, there's a plugin for almost everything in WordPress. I've been playing with the new Guttenberg plugin. At first I didn't like the way WordPress is heading. It all looks very different and perhaps a little overwhelming. But once I started playing with the new interface I discovered that there's a lot of good stuff in there.

So I decided to share my experiences with my Wealthy Affiliate friends. I'm half-way through creating a series of videos to demonstrate various aspects of the new WordPress editor. There will be 8 videos in total. So far I've published 4 of the videos here at Wealthy Affiliate and there's another 4 to go. There may be more later but this is what I've got planned so far.

The videos I've done so far are:

Create a New Post
Add Headings
Add Images
Available Blocks

Still to come are:

  • advanced settings,
  • links,
  • how to convert old posts,
  • and what you can do with quick edit.

No one knows (or they aren't telling) exactly when Gutenberg will be released. Last date I heard mentioned was April but Matt Mullenweg has said that it may be later than that. They want to kill all the bugs before the release.

Like I said, it's a major release so make sure you do a complet backup before you update. Minor releases like bug and security fixes are usually automatic. Major releases have to be updated manually thus giving us a chance to backup our websites before updating.

Even though this plugin hasn't been updated for awhile I'm still using it for smaller sites. If it's not broken then don't fix it. Full Backup with a Plugin

I hope you like the Gutenberg videos (as in click the 'Like' button). And please leave a comment under each video, I want to know what you think about the new WordPress editor.

Thank you,


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Thanks Marion, all the videos were easy to understand!

Looking forward to the rest :)

I found Gutenberg hard to understand when they first released the plugin but it's improved heaps since then. I think it's the most frequently updated plugin that WordPress has ever known.

That's great! at least you can share this with us especially knowing it changed alot since the start.

Yes thank you Marion!

Wayne

You're welcome Wayne

AWESOME! Thank you Marion!
I'm not happy with my website Theme, but I have stubbornly resisted to waste anymore time on trying to find a suitable theme, since I wanted to wait for Gutenberg to see what it is about, before making a final decision.
Thank you for doing this, you are a star! ;-) Sending you a tub of your favorite e-ice cream as a thank you! (Just add a bit of imagination okay?) ;-) LOL!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)

Thanks for the icecream with imagination syrup :)

Thank you Marion so much for the information and your advice. Have a great day.

Thanks Kimberly.

Thank you for the update, Marion. Part of me look forward to better performance and the other half doesn't want to learn any more new stuff. Brain is full. =)

Moving forward anyway!!!

Just keep having fun with it Ha

Thank you

You're welcome

Great stuff Marion. Thank you!!!

It's a pleasure to share.

Thanks for sharing, Marion.

My pleasure Rog.

Great sharing

Thank you.

Yes, document more.
So, Marion, does this mean I won't need to use Elementor for page formatting to get two and three column text blocks?

There's an option for two text columns but the image columns option is still experimental. I did make one while I was messing around. It's a bit messy and may not look so good on a mobile device. Of course there's always the image gallery.

There no option for 3 columns but there's tables...

got it, thanks Marion

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