A brief introduction to the WordPress block editor’s features and where to find information about WordPress blocks you might want to use. A lightning talk by Herb Miller at the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup 15th May 2019

1. WordPress block editor
A brief introduction to the WordPress
block editor’s features and where to
find information about WordPress
blocks you might want to use.
Herb Miller @herb_miller
@bobbingwide @oikplugins

2. WordPress v0.70

3. WordPress 4.9

4. Gutenberg 2.2 – Feb 2018

5. WordPress 5.2 - May 2019

6. Editor features
Editor body
Toolbar
Title
Blocks
Meta boxes
Settings - sidebar
Document
Block
More tools and options
View
Top Toolbar
Spotlight Mode
Fullscreen Mode
Editor
Visual
Code
Plugins
Yoast SEO
Tools
Block manager
Manage all reusable blocks
Keyboard shortcuts
Copy all content
Options
Toolbar
Add block
Search
Block Keywords
Block Categories
Undo / redo
Content structure
Block navigation
Blocks
Toolbar
Settings
Transforms
Documentation
Block manipulation
Add block
Move block or blocks
Drag and drop
Copy and paste
Copy all content
Duplicate
Insert Before
Insert After
Edit as HTML / Edit visually
Remove block
Reusable blocks
Block templates

7. Blocks and docs
I created the WordPress Blocks Reference ( blocks.wp-a2z.org ) to
• help me to find good blocks
• that I could refer to when developing my own
• and perhaps help others to find them
Maybe you’d like to help me to populate the site.
Tweet me: @herb_miller

8. WordPress core & core-embed blocks
https://core.wp-a2z.org/block/

9. WordPress Blocks Reference
https://blocks.wp-a2z.org/

10. Plugins categorized as blocks
https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/blocks/

11. Theme support
https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/developers/themes/theme-support/
Opt-in Wide Alignment
Editor Text Size Palette Editor Colour Palette

12. Blocks and docs summary
WordPress core and core-embed blocks
https://core.wp-a2z.org/block
https://wordpress.org/support/article/blocks
Block reference
https://blocks.wp-a2z.org
Gutenberg blocks
https://blocks.wp-a2z.org/oik-plugins/gutenberg/
Other plugin's blocks: Jetpack, Yoast SEO, WooCommerce, oik-blocks, etc
https://blocks.wp-a2z.org/oik-plugins/
Block enabled plugins
https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/blocks/
Theme support
https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/developers/themes/theme-support/
Block registry proposal - Plugin directory “meta” project
https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2019/05/08/block-plugins-and-the-block-directory/

13. My Favourite Block
What plugins and blocks are available?
And how do you choose the blocks to use?
The presentation entitled “My Favourite Block”
may give you some food for thought.