Mark Marzeotti will tackle “Getting Started with Gutenberg Blocks.”
He started using WordPress in 2012 and began building basic custom themes at a small agency. Now he builds themes, plugins and blocks for large-scale websites.
Marzeotti will speak about building blocks for WordPress’ block editor, Gutenberg.
During his session, he will briefly review building traditional blocks using React and Create-Guten-Block. Then, he will approach it from a more familiar side with PHP and Advanced Custom Fields.
Q: Why is it important for us to learn more about Gutenberg today?
A: Gutenberg and the block editor are here to stay. It’s an incredibly powerful tool and a lot is being invested in its improvement and continued development.
As the WordPress ecosystem changes over the next few years, blocks and the block editor will eventually become unavoidable.
Learning more about it now and how to modify and extend it will benefit you and your clients now and set you up for long-term success.
Q: What is the most important takeaway of your talk?
A: Use the block editor. Use it with ACF the way you might have used the Flexible Content field.
Q: Which resources should we follow to stay current on Gutenberg?
A: Marzeotti suggests the following resources:
- Subreddit r/Wordpress
- Subreddit r/ProWordPress
- Download the Gutenberg plugin. Now that Gutenberg is part of core, the plugin now contains the latest release to test things before they are merged into core.
- You can follow him on Twitter @MarkMarzeotti.