Rick Radko gave a presentation on Gutenberg, the new editor being developed for WordPress. Gutenberg will change WordPress by implementing a block-based editing system where all content is represented as blocks that can be positioned and styled. It is currently available as a plugin and will be fully integrated into WordPress core with the release of WordPress 5.0, though the exact release date is unknown. Gutenberg has three planned stages of development that will expand its capabilities beyond just posts and into full site customization. The presentation provided information on testing Gutenberg and ensuring theme and plugin compatibility.

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Rick Radko
Gutenberg:
- The future of WordPress
Ottawa WordPress Meetup
April 4th, 2018

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Agenda
 Short presentation + demos…
 get us all introduced to Gutenberg.
 Open discussion
Slides: http:/ / www.slideshare.net/ r3df
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What is Gutenberg?
Historical note:
 Johannes Gutenberg is the inventor
of the movable-type printing press.
As pertains to WordPress:
 “Gutenberg” is the codename for the 2017 WordPress
editor focus.
 Will Gutenberg revolutionize WordPress or drive users
away? - Fear of change.
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Gutenberg Editor Focus
The editor will endeavour to create a new page
and post building experience that makes
writing rich posts effortless, and has “blocks”
to make it easy what today might take
shortcodes, custom HTML, or “mystery meat”
embed discovery. — Matt Mullenweg
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https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/

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“GutenBlocks”
In Gutenberg - everything is a block!
 Blocks
 ALL content: headings, paragraphs, lists, images,
embeds, shortcodes, plugin content, widgets, pretty
much everything!
 Blocks have properties.
 Blocks provide structure/layout.
 Columns
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BUTGutenberg is more…
Not just an editor replacement, it changes everything!
 Gutenberg operates like a simple block based page
builder.
Gutenberg has three planned stages:
1. The post editing experience and the
implementation of blocks. ( WP 5.0)
2. Beyond the post, into page templates.
3. Full site customization.
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Gutenberg rollout
Gutenberg has three planned stages.
1. The post editing experience and the
implementation of blocks. ( WP5.0)
2. Beyond the post, into page templates.
3. Full site customization.
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Introduction to Gutenberg
Gutenberg is currently available for testing as a plugin:
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/
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Time to see it in action!
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Getting Ready
Try out Gutenberg now!
 Try Frontenberg a test install with some limitations.
 Install the Gutenberg plugin on a private test site.
 Subdomain on your hosting
 Localhost
 Have everyone who manages content on your site(s) try
it out
 Even better, create a copy of your site(s) and install
Gutenberg and try it there!
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Getting Ready Continued…
Testing:
 Check with your website developer (if you have one) on
their plans for updates/testing.
 Google your theme and plugins to see if there are
Gutenberg updates, or any planned.
 Many of the major vendors have at least posted blog
posts about Gutenberg. – Some of them are very
interesting reading!
 Create a copy of your site(s) and install Gutenberg and
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Getting Ready Continued…
Where are the problems likely to be:
 Themes:
 Highly custom themes.
 Custom page layouts/templates.
 Plugins:
 Custom content on pages.
 Meta boxes for metadata.
 Shortcodes
 Custom work that pushes WordPresses boundaries.
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Getting Ready Continued….
Updating to Gutenberg:
 Create backups of your site before updating!
 Test Gutenberg on a development copy of your site,
before updating.
 Update to Gutenberg.
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When will Gutenberg arrive?
With WordPress 5.0
 When is that?
 Unknown, there are no currently published dates.
 Target was April.
 Not likely before May…(some suggest June/July)
 WordPress release process is usually about 6 weeks.
 Gutenberg is not ready yet.
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Some Gutenberg Compatible Plugins
Gravity Forms
Beaver Builder
Events Calendar
Toolset Types
ACF
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Links
More information:
 https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
 https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/
 https://mor10.com/wordpress-is-changing-here-are-3-
things-you-need-to-know-about-gutenberg/
 https://wptavern.com/why-gutenberg-and-why-now
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Links
“Frontenberg” limited demo site:
 https://frontenberg.tomjn.com/
Plugins:
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/
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Contact
Rick Radko
 email: wpinfo@r3df.com
 twitter: @r3designforge
Website:
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Slides at:
 www.slideshare.net/r3df
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