With blocks, you can insert, rearrange, and style multimedia content with very little technical knowledge. It’s a great tool for building engaging content. Blocksīlocks are the unifying evolution of what is now covered, in different ways, by shortcodes, embeds, widgets, post formats, custom post types, theme options, meta-boxes, and other formatting elements. The classic editor will be available as a plugin if needed. Gutenberg is available as a plugin now, and soon by default in version 5.0 of WordPress. Instead of using custom code, you can add a block and focus on your content. It allows website creators to build a website using blocks, which are small drag-and-drop units.

The entire editing experience has been rebuilt for media rich pages and posts.

As a new WordPress editor, with dozens of cutting-edge features, Gutenberg simplifies website creation and editing for the average non-technical user. While the editor is the focus right now, the project will ultimately impact the entire publishing experience including customization. The demo video at WordCamp Europe also showed Gutenberg working smoothly in a mobile context. Mullenweg showed a preview of the new Gutenberg editor with dynamic blocks replacing widgets during the interview. Named after Johannes Gutenberg, who invented the mechanical printing press, Gutenberg was introduced to the world by Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress at WordCamp Europe 2017 event held in Paris. Likewise, even though there isn’t any issue with it, many think it is time for a change and get a new editor – the Gutenberg Editor. A little change in the daily routine is always better. The current WordPress editor hasn’t had many changes over the past years it is pretty much the same since it first started.

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