WordPress DC “Learn About Gutenberg” Meetup Sponsored By Squidix

Tonight I am spoke at a local meetup on the new Gutenberg Editor for WordPress.

Here is an overview of the talk and resources:

• The overall Gutenberg Project
  • Editor
  • Customizer
  • Blocks Everywhere / More theme customization ease
• What is the Gutenberg Editor? A drag and drop block editor for posts, pages and custom post types.
• See Gutenberg in action at https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
• You should see notices in your Dashboards now about it
• Currently a plugin, will be required with WordPress 5.0
• What if you don’t want it? Gutenberg Ramp Plugin, Classic Editor Plugin,
• There is no exact launch date for WordPress 5.0 – They say “when it is ready”
• What about page builders? It depends on the page builder. Beaver Builder and Gutenberg
• What about Advanced Custom Fields? ACF Blocks
• What about plugin or theme X? Contact them.  Look for posts like this – Caldera Forms
• Gutenberg “Compatible” Themes. Gutenberg Starter Theme, Atomic Block Theme
• A more in depth demo of features?
• Gutenberg User, Themer and Developer Courses

Thanks to the sponsors, Squidix, the local DMV WordPress Hosting providers.