WordPress introduces brand new editor.
It’s been a long time coming. If you run a blog or website, most likely you are using WordPress. It is the top blogging platform on the Internet.
They made a big announcement as August comes to a close.
Yes, the new announcement is a brand new editor, a new way of publishing posts and articles.
This is a HUGE announcement and will change the way people blog.
Enter the brand new WordPress editor, Gutenberg. People who blog with WordPress will see the opportunity to install Gutenberg.
According to WordPress Gutenberg is:
Built for the purpose of media rich posts and will be block based.
The benefits of using Gutenberg as the WordPress Editor
Do more with fewer plugins
- Create modern, multimedia heavy layouts
- Work across all screen sizes and devices
- Trust that your editor looks like your website
- You can use the blocks instead of needing to know code
Here is a full list of the default blocks you will find with Gutenberg for WordPress:
- Paragraph
- Heading
- Subheading
- Quote
- Image
- Gallery
- Cover Image
- Video
- Audio
- Columns
- File/li>
- Code
- List
- Button
- Embeds
A little more on the Tech Behind Gutenberg for WordPress
Built with modern technology. Gutenberg was built on GitHub using the WordPress REST API, JavaScript and React.
The support for currently existing WordPress functionality will remain even as the transition takes place.
If you are curious how your shortcodes, meta-boxes, and custom post types will change in WordPress, don’t worry, they won’t. The developers built transition paths for all of them.
For the current existing version of WordPress, you will need to download Gutenberg to use it. However, once WordPress 5.0 comes out, Gutenberg will be automatically included.
If you want to stay with the classic editor on WordPress, it will be available for WordPress 5.0 users as a plugin.
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