Block Editor

The WordPress BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor (codename “GutenbergGutenberg 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/”) is the new editor for WordPress, with the goal of creating a better new post and page editing experience that makes it easy for anyone to create rich post layouts.

The Block Editor documentation is published at https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/

Refer to the latest Block Editor Documentation on how to contribute to the project: https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/contributors/document/

Reference Resources

  • https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg
  • https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/

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