







Gutenberg 9.9 Adds Color Options for Social Icons, Includes Rounded Borders for Images, and Changes the Theme JSON Format
Version 9.9 of the Gutenberg plugin landed earlier today. While it includes several minor UI improvements, the biggest user-facing change is the inclusion of icon and background color options for the Social Links block....







Gutenberg 9.8 Brings Rounded Borders To the Group Block and Moves the Site Editor Canvas Into an Inline Frame
Gutenberg 9.8 launched yesterday with a few minor UI improvements. The development team added an initial implementation for border-radius support for the Group block that theme authors can opt into. They also moved the...


First Round of the FSE Outreach Program Concludes, Identifies Template-Editing Mode Problems
The Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach Program has now concluded its first round of testing. Its first focus area was centered on the template-editing mode introduced in Gutenberg 9.6. The volunteers involved with the...
What’s new in Gutenberg 9.8? (20 January)
As the Gutenberg team and community continue to forge ahead with implementing Full Site Editing and Global Styles, the latest installment of the Gutenberg plugin (version 9.8) has been released today As always, this release also includes many fixes and some nice new enhancements. Semi-transparent Spacer Block The Spacer block, when selected, now has a semi-transparent background, rather than an (opaque) light grey one. This should...

A Multi-Theme System, the Decade-Long Wait for Grandchild Themes, and Themeless Templates
Around 2010, child theming had finally caught its stride. Bigger theme shops were starting to take note, and some were implementing advanced parent themes that were meant to serve as a “framework” for creating child...