Wednesday 20 June 2018

The State of Gutenberg and WordPress Themes


…or “A Realistic Look at Using 3rd Party Gutenberg Blocks in Your Theme”
…or
“Keep Your Plugin Blocks Out of My Theme”
…or
“Shortcodes All Over Again”
…or
“The Never Ending Battle to Style a Button Consistently”
…or
“We Still Have a Long Way to Go”
I would like to preface this article by saying that these thoughts and opinions are in no way meant to diminish the amazing work that the Gutenberg team has done (and continues to do). I love writing in Gutenberg. I follow the GitHub repository closely, often reading 100+ notifications each day. I have been testing since early versions. I have left feedback. Things have gotten much better. However this article is meant to take a realistic and somewhat critical look at how Gutenberg is being presented on a grander scale vs. some of the realities that come in to play when implementing these ideas.
What You See is (Maybe) What You Get
WYSIWYG is everyone’s white whale but Gutenberg takes a huge step in the right direction towards helping publishers have a better idea of what their content will look like as they are writing. The previous (technically
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