New WordPress Editor: Gutenberg is in early beta and needs testers

Earlier today, I started a Storify to collect all the resources and blog posts about the Gutenberg Editor. It was released in it 0.2 version just around WordCamp Europe. Matt Mullenweg ran a demo video during his interview with Om Malik on WordCamp Europe Second Day.

The Storify has all the links and post from all corners of the WordPress Community.  If you don’t enjoy working with unfinished software just read through some of the blog posts to get an idea of how big the changes will be for you as a user of WordPress. Just read some of the blog posts.

It will not be in the next version 4.9. And it’s not clear when WordPress 5.0 will come out.
It definitely depends on how far the Gutenberg Editor can be pushed forward.

Head-first into Gutenberg Testing

Install the Gutenberg plugin on your non-production site. As long as Gutenberg is not officially released I would not use it on any production site. Be warned. If you don’t have a testing site or development site at your disposal but still want to test it, scroll further down to request access to our test site.

Are you an Accessibility Expert? WordPress needs your help

Are you an accessibility expert? We need your help! #a11y #gutenberg #wordpress https://t.co/QTIJYZHA4X

— WordPress Accessibility Team (@WPAccessibility) July 5, 2017

🚀 New post: "Getting setup for WordPress Gutenberg accessibility testing" https://t.co/JGXlzfKlDt #wordpress #a11y /cc @WPAccessibility

— Scott Vinkle (@svinkle) July 8, 2017

 

What’s new in Gutenberg? (14th July)

The Gutenberg Editor Frequently Asked Questions on GitHub

The design team around Gutenberg Editor published a few questions from the community. For instance: “How do I make my own block?” Or “How will old metaboxes (PHP) work?”. You can read the answers on GitHub.

For Developers  creating your own Blocks for Gutenberg

• James Nylen from Automattic published on Github: Gutenberg Examples
• Amad Awais, WordPress Cord Contributor published on Github: Gutenberg Boilerplates

 

First Steps w/ Gutenberg editor

On our Testing & Training site, I posted small notes about my first steps with Gutenberg.
http://tt.wpswfl.org/paris-3/
http://tt.wpswfl.org/paris-2/
http://tt.wpswfl.org/paris-1/

If you’d like to get an opportunity to test Gutenberg, but don’t have a testing site available, enter your information in this form and I’ll set-up an account on our test site. The only requirement beyond the form is that you answer a few questions via our user survey.

So here is the Storify: WordPress Gutenberg Editor – What is it, how to test and what other people think