Drop shadow support has been added to the Block Editor UI in WordPress 6.5. This will make this capability available to a much wider group without requiring custom CSS or theme.json changes. This initial release of the Drop Shadow UI features is limited to the Image, Button, Column, and Columns blocks.
Some new options on the WordPress Stack block enable you to design "cards" which stay aligned with different content lengths and across devices. Definitely worth checking out!
Jamie Marsland of PootlePress reviews two key features coming in Gutenberg 15. Definitely recommend checking it out and subscribing to Jamie's YouTube channel to stay current with his latest.
This week is the fifth anniversary of the Gutenberg Times. This newsletter, curated by Birgit Pauli-Haack, is a key resource to learn about the WordPress Block Editor and the Gutenberg project. Want to extend our congratulations and thanks to Birgit and her team for this great resource!
Nice addition to Block Editor workflow by Andrei Draganescu with PR 29172. You can now insert internal links with "[[". Pretty simple, but will make post writing even smoother.
Jamie Marsland has introduced a new weekly feature called WordPress Gutenberg Block News. There are lots of sources to stay current with the WordPress Block Editor, but Jamie is always clear, crisp, and helpful.
Full Site Editing will dramatically change how WordPress sites are implemented. Jamie Marsland from Pootlepress did a nice overview tutorial.
One of the frustrating parts of using the WordPress Block Editor is the difficulty you sometimes encounter placing blocks. The latest release of the Gutenberg plugin addresses this issue by enabling drag and drop within the Block Editor List View.
Anne McCarthy, the Developer Relations Wrangler from Automatic gave a briefing on Full Site Editing (FSE) to the WordPress MegaMeetup group last week. Worth a watch.