April 9, 2019

6 Things You Should Know About Gutenberg WordPress

By Gaurav Khungar LinkedIn
6 Things You Should Know About Gutenberg WordPress

Gutenberg editor has had its presence for a while in the world of WordPress as a plugin but it is soon going to be the future of today’s predecessor – the Visual Editor. It has been already announced that the support for Visual Editor is only till December 31, 2021.

And with WordPress 5.0 being completely loaded with a fully operational Gutenberg editor, it is time that we looked at the key changes that it will manifest.

More Intuitive

The Gutenberg offers a more intuitive experience to its users keeping in mind the likes of Wix and Squarespace who have revved up their game with new age features to attract new audience. The existing editor is good but not great and it definitely needs an upgrade like Gutenberg.

Storing Block Information In HTML Comments

The HTML comments will now store all the information about your blocks in the back-end, without even rendering them live on the front end pages.

Install-Uninstall Is Hassle Free

Gutenberg doesn’t react adversely with any of your site code in case you need to uninstall it because all your block information is stored in a inactive state as HTML comments. You can still view them in the Page Source mode.

Text Format

Retention Based on its past learning curve, Gutenberg now has improved its text format retention abilities. Now you can easily copy paste your headlines, paragraphs etc. without worrying about losing those bold and italicized format in the process.

Evergreen Content

With the help of HTML 5 tags you can categorize all your content sections and figures in block format and make sure that your content is always future ready.

Customization

For Developers, Gutenberg offers the flexibility to create their own custom blocks depending on their own unique requirements

Afterthought

Though Gutenberg’s first focus was to improve its content visualization by removing all the clutter and unifying its user interface but as stated in WordPress’s official page, that they are looking at the customization aspect of the editor to increase its user friendliness and leverage its REST API completely.

Gaurav Khungar

Gaurav Khungar

Gaurav is an experienced CSM with a proven track record of working in the information technology and services industry. He is skilled in doing Research, Management, Unified Communications, Account Management, and Sales. Gaurav has an extensive experience in helping large scale enterprises address their business challenges and has worked closely with Manufacturing, Publishing and Retail businesses. Gaurav has a strong business development background and has a MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree with a specialization in Marketing.

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Gaurav Khungar

About Gaurav Khungar

Gaurav is an experienced CSM with a proven track record of working in the information technology and services industry. He is skilled in doing Research, Management, Unified Communications, Account Management, and Sales. Gaurav has an extensive experience in helping large scale enterprises address their business challenges and has worked closely with Manufacturing, Publishing and Retail businesses. Gaurav has a strong business development background and has a MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree with a specialization in Marketing.