At the core of the Gutenberg editor lies the concept of blocks. Blocks contain elements that we are already familiar with and add regularly through the WordPress editor, such as images, links, quotes, multimedia. These \u2018blocks\u2019 can now be easily dragged into content and moved around, and the collection has been extended further with call to action buttons, cover images and the ability to add \u2018columns\u2019 to your content.<\/p>\n
Blocks will assist non-development savvy website owners in styling their own content without the need to know HTML coding and improve the user experience of their web pages.<\/p>\n
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What Does Gutenberg Look Like?<\/h2>\n
The Gutenberg editor has a very simplified interface, hiding all of its \u2018power\u2019 elements under a + icon menu. For those content editors who want to simply write a title, their story and add an image, these can be done without having to access any of the block elements.<\/p>\n
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The real source is housed with the menu in the top left-hand corner (+ icon). This is where all of the block elements are stored. From here you can search and select a block element of your choice and easily add it your page and because these elements are housed within blocks they can be easily moved around the page in a drag and drop fashion.<\/p>\n
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Want to a have a play? Try out the New Gutenberg Editor here<\/span><\/a> in the WordPress demo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ultimately the biggest benefit of Gutenberg is giving more control and flexibility to website owners who want to style their own content and improve the website users experience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Gutenberg Editor plugin can be downloaded from WordPress.org and the direct link can be found below.<\/p>\n https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gutenberg is available now as a free plugin, however from the next WordPress release, WordPress 5.0 in November 2018, the Gutenberg Editor will be present as default, replacing the classic editor in WordPress.<\/p>\n The classic editor will be available as a plugin for those wishing to revert back.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n True, for some WordPress website administrators, Gutenberg may not be a necessity. Gutenberg is aimed at the more active WordPress website owners who manage their own website content and want more flexibility when it comes to the styling of their content – and it is those who will benefit most from its host of new features.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are familiar with your WordPress website and know how to add plugins, then adding the Gutenberg Editor now won\u2019t be difficult and even for the less savvy, there are lots of easy to follow guides online that will demonstrate adding a new plugin to your site.<\/p>\n Styling your content is one task in a plethora of jobs that serious website administrators undertake, however the creation of content and the marketing of said content, to put your story in front of your audience, share equally important roles in the success of your website.<\/p>\n Verve are experts in strategising<\/a> for Digital Marketing campaigns<\/a> and specialise in Copy Writing and Content Marketing Services. To find out more information about these services and how Verve can help increase the efficiency and return on investment of your Content Marketing campaigns call 01743 360000 or send us an enquiry here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Introduction To The WordPress Gutenberg Editor Gutenberg is the name given to the new media-rich editor for WordPress, set to replace the classic editor most WordPress website administrators will be familiar with. The WordPress project, given the name after German inventor and printer Johannes Gutenberg, was born out a goal to transform the WordPress […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/project-guttenberg-e1546524925565.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8723"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13037,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8723\/revisions\/13037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verve-design.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Benefits And Features Of Gutenberg<\/h2>\n
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Where Is Gutenberg Available From?<\/h2>\n
When Is It Available?<\/h2>\n
Why Do I Need Gutenberg?<\/h2>\n
Promoting Your New Content<\/h2>\n