If you’ve been paying even the slightest bit of attention to the WordPress community and upcoming WordPress development, you’ve probably heard of Gutenberg. If not, it’s something you’ll certainly want to be aware of. The Gutenberg project will undoubtedly change how everyone who uses WordPress interacts with content. Looking forward, there’s a high possibility that it will change publishing as a whole, impacting even those outside of WordPress. What is Gutenberg? Gutenberg is major WordPress project that will allow users to build content using blocks, rather than the standard post editor that they’re accustomed to. This means that the publishing process is more like placing individual items on a page, rather than textual content mixed with shortcodes for a much more pleasant experience. Currently, Gutenberg is a standalone plugin for WordPress, but will soon be merged into WordPress core with WordPress 5.0. That means that everyone running WordPress, as of version 5.0, will see the familiar post editor replaced with the shiny new Gutenberg editor. So What’s the Big Deal? Because content is built with blocks rather than with text and shortcodes, the editing experience will be a lot more like a visual page builder than an editor. Here’s what … Continue reading Gutenberg is Coming. Are You Ready?