Keeping up with Gutenberg: Index 2023
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This page is the one place you can bookmark for Gutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ -related team posts of Core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. , Core-Editor, Core-js, Core-css, Design, Meta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. , and Themes, and other teams, when relevant. It’s a chronological listing, not topical. Latest on top.
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September 2023
2023-09-19 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Testing Call #26: Final touches (u)
2023-09-18 #core-editor Core Editor chat summary: 13th September 2023 (m)
2023-09-14 #core Hallway Hangout: What’s new for developers in WordPress 6.4 (u)
2023-09-14 #core-dev-blog (versus network, site) Understanding block attributes (r)
2023-09-13 #themereview Themes Team Meeting Notes – September 12, 2023 (u)
2023-09-12 #core Core Editor Improvement: Commanding the Command Palette (u_
2023-9-11 #design Design Share: Aug 28-Sep8 (u)
2023-09-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (September 2023) (r)
2023-09-08 #core-editor Editor Chat Summary: 06 September 2023 (m)
2023-09-07 #fse-outreach-experiements Evolving the FSE Outreach Program (u)
2023-09-06 #core-themes Default Theme chat summary: September 6, 2023 (m)
2023-09-06 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 16.6? (06 September) (m)
August 2023
2023-08-31 #core-dev-blog Adding and using custom settings in theme.json (r)
2023-08-30 #core-themes Default Theme chat summary: August 30th, 2023 (u)
2023-08-30 #core-dev-blog Exploring the future of web development with WebAssembly and PHP (u)
2023-08-30 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Let’s Start From The Beginning Summary (u)
2023-08-30 #core-editor Editor chat summary: August 30th, 2023 (m)
2023-08-29 #core-dev-blog An introduction to block variations (r)
2023-08-28 #design Design Share: Aug 14-Aug 25 (u)
2023-08-25 #core Introducing Twenty Twenty-Four (u)
2023-08-23 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 16.5? (23 August) (u)
2023-08-23 #core-editor What’s new for Navigation in WordPress 6.2 and 6.3 (u)
2023-08-22 #core Roadmap to 6.4 (u)
2023-08-21 #accessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Hallway Hangout: Improving accessibility in the Site Editor (r)
2023-08-21 #core-editor Editor chat summary: August 16th, 2023 (m)
2023-08-19 #core Progress Report: HTML API (u)
2023-08-18 #core Developer Hours: Introduction to the HTML API (u)
2023-08-18 #core-dev-blog Developer Blog editorial meeting summary: August 2, 2023 (m)
2023-08-17 #core-editor Hallway Hangout: Let’s explore the power of block variations (u)
2023-08-15 #core-editor Status update on the Interactivity API (u)
2023-08-14 #design Design Share: Jul 31-Aug 11 (u)
2023-08-11 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 9 August, 2023 (m)
2023-08-11 #meta Introducing WordPress.org/blocks (u)
2023-08-11 #themereview Blue Note: The second community theme is released
2023-08-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (August 2023) (r)
2023-08-10 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 16.4? (9 August) (u)
2023-08-10 #design Admin Design Kickoff (u)
2023-08-08 #core-dev-blog Styling blocks: empowering users with CSS custom properties (r)
2023-08-09 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Testing Call #25: Let’s start from the beginning (u)
2023-08-09 #core Updating WordPress to use more modern versions of Node.js/npm (u)
2023-08-07 #core WordPress 6.3 performance improvements (u)
2023-08-04 #core-dev-blog Beyond block styles, part 3: building custom design tools (r)
2023-08-02 #core-editor Editor chat summary: August 2nd, 2023 (m)
2023-08-01 #core Proposal: improve the editor tech workflow for major releases (u)
July 2023
2023-07-31 #design Design Share: Jul 3-Jul 28 (u)
2023-07-31 #themereview Hallway Hangout: Extending blocks with custom design tools (u)
2023-07-27 #news Synced Patterns: The Evolution of Reusable Blocks (u)
2023-07-26 #core-edito r What’s new in Gutenberg 16.3? (26 July) (u)
2023-07-26 #core-edito r Core Editor chat summary: 26th July 2023 (m)
2023-07-25 #training Call for Volunteers to help with 6.3 Learn WordPress updates (u)
2023-07-24 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 (m)
2023-07-21 #core 6.3 Live Product Demo Q&A (u)
2023-07-20 #walkthrough WordPress 6.3 Live Product Demo – Highlights & Recording (r)
2023-07-19 #core-dev-blog Beyond block styles, part 1: using the WordPress scripts package with themes (r)
2023-07-19 #core WordPress 6.3 Accessibility Improvements (u)
2023-07-18 #core WordPress 6.3 Field Guide (u)📓
2023-07-18 #core Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.3 (u)📓
2023-07-17 #core Introducing the WordPress Command Palette API (u)📓
2023-07-17 #core Social Icons block: Applied colors now dynamically update based on theme.json and Global Styles (u) 📓
2023-07-17 #core Introducing the Block Selectors API (u)📓
2023-07-14 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 12 July, 2023 (m)
2023-07-14 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 16.2? (12 July) (u)
2023-07-14 #core Layout updates in the editor for WordPress 6.3 (u) 📓
2023-07-13 #core Real-time Collaboration: architecture (u)
2023-07-13 #core Core Editor Improvement: Advancing the power of Patterns (u)
2023-07-12 #core-dev-blog Developer Blog Editorial Meeting – 06 July 2023 (m)
2023-07-12 #core Phase 3: Admin Design (u)
2023-07-11 #core-dev-blog : Make your site’s typography make a statement (R)
2023-07-10 #core Phase 3: Block Library (u)
2023-07-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (July 2023) (r)
2023-07-07 #core Phase 3: Media Library (u)
2023-07-05 #core Phase 3: Revisions (u)
2023-07-05 #core-dev-blog How to modify theme.json data using server-side filters (r)
2023-07-05 #core-editor Editor chat summary: July 5th, 2023
2023-07-04 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Momery Makeover Summary (u)
2023-07-04 #core Phase 3: Workflows (U)
2023-07-03 #core Phase 3: Real-Time Collaboration (u)
2023-07-03 #core WordPress 6.3 Beta 3 (u)
2023-07-03 #core-editor Editor chat summary: June 28th, 2023 (m)
2023-07-03 #design Design Share: Jun 19–Jun 30 (u)
June 2023
2023-06-29 #core-editor Blocks in an iframed (template) editor (u)
2023-06-29 #core Hallway Hangout: Performance Improvements for WordPress 6.3 (r)
2023-06-29 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 16.1? (29 June) (u)
2023-06-28 #core WordPress 6.3 Beta 2
2023-06-27 #test Help Test WordPress 6.3 (r)
2023-06-22 #core-editor Editor chat summary: June 21st, 2023 (u)
2023-06-21 #core-dev-blog The Style Book: a one-stop shop for styling block themes (r)
2023-06-20 #core-dev-blog Navigating the Block Editor Handbook (r)
2023-06-19 #design Design Share: Jun 5–Jun 16 (u)
2023-06-16 #core-dev-blog Upgrading the site-editing experience with custom template part areas (r)
2023-06-16 #themereview Summary: Let’s chat about WordPress 6.3 and block theming (r)
2023-06-16 #core-editor Editor Chat Summary: 14 June 2023 (u)
2023-06-14 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 16.0? (14 June) (u)
2023-06-14 #themereview Themes Team Meeting Notes – June 13, 2023 (u)
2023-06-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (June 2023) (r)
2023-06-10 #fse-outreach-experiment FSE Program Rapid Revamp Summary (u)
2023-06-10 #fse-outreach-experiment FSE Program Testing Call #24: Momery Makeover (u)
2023-06-09 #meta New curation filter in Pattern Directory (u)
2023-06-06 #design Design Share: May 22–Jun 2 (u)
2023-06-05 #core WordPress 6.4 Development Cycle (u)
2023-06-02 #core-dev-blog Using block inspector sidebar groups (r)
2023-06-02 #core-editor Gutenberg 15.9.1 is now available (u)
2023-06-02 #core-dev-blog Developer Blog Editorial Meeting – 01 June 2023 (u)
May 2023
2023-05-31 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 31 May, 2023 (m)
2023-05-31 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.9? (31 May) (u)
2023-05-25 #design WordPress 6.3 design kickoff (u)
2023-05-25 #core WordPress 6.2 Server Performance Analysis Summary (r)
2023-05-27 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 24 May, 2023 (m)
2023-05-23 #core-editor Editor chat summary: May 17th, 2023 (m)
2023-05-23 #core Core Editor Improvement: Smoother Site Editing (u)
2023-05-22 #design Design Share: May 8—May 19 (u)
2023-05-20 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.8? (May 17) (u)
2023-05-19 #themereview Hallway Hangout: Curating the editor and building block themes for clients (r)
2023-05-18 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Testing Call #23: Rapid Revamp (u)
2023-05-18 #core WordPress 6.3 Planning Roundup (u)
2023-05-18 #core-editor Roadmap to 6.3 (u)
2023-05-17 #core-editor Command Center: Request for feedback (u)
2023-05-17 #themereview Theme Handbook Overhaul: Phase 2 (Creating Content) (u)
2023-05-15 #core-editor Editor chat summary: May 10th, 2023 (m)
2023-05-11 #core-dev-blog Developer blog meeting summary: May 4, 2023 (m)
2023-05-11 #fse-outrech-experiments FSE Program Front Page Fun Summary (u)
2023-05-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (May 2023) (r)
2023-05-08 #design Design Share: Apr 24–May 5 (u)
2023-05-04 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Build a Block Theme Summary (r)
2023-05-04 #themereview Stacks: The first community theme (u)
2023-05-04 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.7? (03 May) (u)
2023-05-04 #core-editor Editor Chat Summary: 3 May 2023 (m)
2023-05-04 #core WordPress 6.2.1 Planning (u)
2023-05-02 #core Let’s talk: WordPress Core & Artificial Intelligence (u)
April 2023
2023-04-26 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 26 April, 2023 (m)
2023-04-25 #core WP Feature Notifications: 2023 Status Update (u)
2023-04-25 #core-dev-blog How webpack and WordPress packages interact (r)
2023-04-21 #core-dev-blog Per-block CSS with theme.json . (r)
2023-04-20 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 19th April 2023 (m)
2023-04-19 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.6? (19 April) (u)
2023-04-17 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Testing Call #21: Front Page Fun (r)
2023-04-17 #core-editor Experimental APIs in WordPress Core have largely been tamed (u)
2023-04-14 #project Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress 2013-2023 (u)
2023-04-14 #core WordPress 6.3 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers (u)
2023-04-14 #core WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Retrospective (u)
2023-04-14 #core Recap: WordPress 6.1 “Misha” Retrospective
2023-04-12 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 12th April 2023 (m)
2023-04-12 #themereview Themes Team Meeting Notes – April 11, 2023 (m)
2023-04-12 #core-dev-blog Dev Blog editorial group, April 6, 2023 (m)
2023-04-10 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 5th April 2023 (m)
2023-04-07 #core Preparing for the Next Women & Nonbinary Release Squad (u)
2023-04-05 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.5? (05 April) (u)
2023-04-05 #fse-outreach-experiment Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about Moving to the Site Editor (r)
2023-04-05 #core WordPress 6.2 Performance improvements for all themes (r)
March 2023
2023-03-31 #design Why Jazz? (r)
2023-03-30 #core-editor Proposal: The Interactivity API – A better developer experience in building interactive blocks (r)
2023-03-30 #core-editor Core Editor chat summary: 29th March 2023 (m)
2023-03-29 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Exploration: Build a block theme (u)
2023-03-28 #core-dev-blog Quick and easy local WordPress development with wp-env (r)
2023-03-28 #core-editor Introducing a new block editor handbook scrub (u)
2023-03-28 #core WordPress 6.2 release date updated: March 29, 2023 (u)
2023-03-27 #design Design Share: Mar 13–Mar 24 (u)
2023-03-27 #core-editor Editor chat summary: March 22nd, 2023 (u)
2023-03-24 #core-editor Phase 3: Collaboration (u)
2023-03-24 #core WordPress 6.2 Release Day Process (r)
2023-03-23 #core WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 4 (u)
2023-03-22 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.4 (22 March) (u)
2023-03-22 #core-dev-blog Everything you need to know about spacing in block themes (r)
2023-03-19 #core-editor Editor chat summary: March 15th, 2023 (m)
2023-03-16 #docs Call for volunteers to help with 6.2 end user documentation (u)
2023-03-14 #fse-outreach-program Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about All Things Layout (u)
2023-03-13 #core-editor FYI: Navigation section of new Site Editor experienced removed for 6.2 RC 2 (u)
2023-03-13 #core-dev-blog Block theme templates: the easy way to build an elegant grid of posts (r)
2023-03-13 #design Design Share: Feb 13–Mar 10 (u)
2023-03-13 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 8 March, 2023 (m)
2023-03-13 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.3? (13 March) (u)
2023-03-13 #core 6.2 Live Product Demo Q&A (u)
2023-03-10 #core-dev-blog Dev Blog editorial group, March 2, 2023 (m)
2023-03-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (March 2023) (r)
2023-03-10 #core 6.2 Live Product Demo Q&A (r)
2023-03-10 #core-dev-blog Block deprecation – a tutorial (r)
2023-03-10 #themereview Summary: Community Themes Project Kickoff (u)
2023-03-09 #core WordPress 6.2 Field Guide (r)
2023-03-07 #core-editor Patterns API expanded to include template_types property 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Introduction of Block Inspector Tabs 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Shadows in Global Styles with WordPress 6.2 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Introducing the HTML API in WordPress 6.2 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.2 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Sticky position block support 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Upgrading to React 18 and common pitfalls of concurrent mode 📙
2023-03-07 #core-editor Add new prop to ServerSideRender component 📙
2023-03-06 #core-editor Custom CSS for global styles and per block 📙
2023-03-06 #core-editor Minimum height dimensions block support 📙
2023*03-07 #core-editor Style Book preview of blocks in global styles 📙
2023-03-07 #core editor Customize settings for any block in WordPress 6.2 📙
2023-03-04 #core-dev-blog Converting your shortcodes to blocks (r)
2023-03-03 #core-editor Editor Components updates in WordPress 6.2 📙
2023-03-03 #core-dev-blog Creating a custom block that stores post meta (r)
2023-03-3 #themereview Hallway Hangout: Community Themes Initiative (u)
2023-03-01 #core WordPress 6.2 Accessibility Improvements 📙
2023-03-01 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 1st March 2023 (m)
February 2023
2023-02-27 #core-dev-blog Static vs. dynamic blocks: What’s the difference? (r)
2023-02-27 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 22nd February 2023 (m)
2023-02-24 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.2? (22 February) (u)
2023-02-23 #core-dev-blog Intrinsic design, theming, and rethinking how to design with WordPress (r)
2023-02-21 #core 6.2 Live Product Demo (m)
2023-02-21 #test Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about using Replay.io in the FSE Outreach Program (u)
2023-02-20 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 (m)
2023-02-17 #core Proposal: Updates to the WordPress Release Cycle (p)
2023-02-17 #core-dev-blog Block theme resources roundup (r)
2023-02-15 #design Design Share: Jan 30-Feb 10 (u)
2023-02-14 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Find Your Style Summary (u)
2023-02-10 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.1? (8 February) (u)
2023-02-10 #meta Theme Directory redesign update (u)
2023-03-10 #core-dev-blog What’s new for developers? (February 2023) (r)
2023-02-09 #core-editor Editor chat summary: February 8th, 2023 (m)
2023-02-07 #core Developer Hours is returning (r)
2023-02-07 #core Roadmap to 6.2 (u)
2023-02-07 #test Help Test WordPress 6.2 (r)
2023-02-06 #core-editor Editor chat summary: February 1st, 2023 (m)
2023-02-04 #core Phase 2, Finale (u)
2023-02-03 #core-dev-blog Creating custom block styles in WordPress themes (r)
2023-02-03 #core Hallway Hangout: Performance Improvements for WordPress 6.2 (u)
2023-02-03 #core-dev-blog Developer Blog – Editorial meeting: February 2, 2023 (m)
2023-02-02 #core-editor Core Editor Improvement: Strengthening style options (u)
2023-02-01 #forums Block Editor Live in Most Forums (u)
January 2023
2023-01-30 #design Design Share: Jan 16-Jan 27 (u)
2023-01-30 #core WPBriefing: What Does Concluding a Gutenberg Phase Really Mean? (u)
2023-01-30 #core-editor Core Editor chat summary: 25th January 2023 (m)
2023-01-26 #fse-outreach-experiments Hallway Hangout: Themer Goodies Edition (r)
2023-01-26 #meta WordPress.org Redesign Recent Launches (u)
2023-01-20 #core-editor What’s new in Gutenberg 15.0? (18 January) (u)
2023-01-19 #core-editor Editor chat summary: 18 January, 2023 (m)
2023-01-18 #updated Big Picture Goals 2023 (u)
2023-01-17 #core WordPress 6.2 Planning Roundup (u)
2023-01-17 #core-dev-blog Some very cool things can happen when you hit Enter in a block. (r)
2023-01-16 #design A refresh of WordPress.org/themes (u)
2023-01-16 #design Design Share: Jan 2-Jan 13 (u)
2023-01-16 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Running Through Refinements Summary (u)
2023-01-12 #core-dev-blog Using the box shadow feature for themes (r)
2023-01-11 #core-dev-blog Can you help with topics for the WordPress Developer Blog? (u)
2023-01-11 #core-dev-blog Developer Blog – Editorial meeting: January 5, 2023 (u)
2023-01-11 #fse-outreach-experiments FSE Program Testing Call #20: Find Your Style (u)
2023-01-11 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 11 January 2023 (u)
2023-01-11 #core-editor Update on the work to make building interactive blocks easier (u)
2023-01-10 #core-editor Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 4 January 2023 (u)
2023-01-06 #core Core Editor Improvement: Advancing the Site Editor experience (u)
2023-01-04 #core-edito r What’s new in Gutenberg 14.9? (4 January) (u)
2023-01-04 #core-test Proposal to Update Test Handbook Homepage
2023-01-02 #design Design Share: Dec 19–Dec 30 (u)
2023-01-02 #core The Keeping up with Gutenberg Index 2022 is now a child page of this year. (u)
Happy New Year! 🎆 🙌 🎉🥂 Welcome to the 4th year of Gutenberg Index.
Explanations
#team identifies a team’s WordPress Slack channel. Join the Slack space .(m) = Meeting Summaries/Notes, check here for meeting days and times
(r) = general resource
(u) = indicates an update to software, methods, processes or discussions
We use universal date format in yyyy-mm-dd to indicate publication date.
Separators divide the list by weeks
This page started in January 2021. The index started in July 2020
Big thanks to Anne McCarthy @annezazu and William Patton @williampatton for support and review.
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