WordPress developers are currently exploring changes to the editing experience in WordPress. The name of this project is Gutenberg, and you can download a plugin to test what this new experience may become. At the WP Meetup in Melbourne in July we introduced Gutenberg and sent out a call for developers to download, install and test out this editor and provide feedback to the Gutenberg team. We'll be doing the same for the User contingent next month. Feel free to use these slides to introduce Gutenberg to your meetup groups, the more people we have installed and using it to test the experience and offer feedback, the better it will be before it lands in core.

1. LET’S EXPLORE
Gutenberg

2. WHAT IT IS

3. WHAT IT IS NOT

4. NOT LIVE DEMO

7. LIVE DEMO

8. PRAISE

9. “- Gutenberg provides a less distracting
experience with more screen space.
- Easier to use for beginners.
-Brian Jackson

10. “I think Gutenberg is an improvement
for casual users who like to write their
content in the WordPress Editor.
-Colin Newcomer, WPLift

11. “'Right now WordPress makes you learn
a lot of concepts... [Gutenberg lets
you] learn it once and use it
everywhere.'
-Alex Denning

12. “Overall we were quite impressed with
the new Gutenberg WordPress
editor, it’s definitely something we are
excited about for the future.
-Brian Jackson, Kinsta

13. “The best part of the Gutenberg Project
is that everyone can help. Calling upon
the expertise of the WordPress
community, the team behind this new
editor are reaching out for assistance.
- Andy Holland

14. CRITICISM

16. “One of the things that we at Yoast worry about is the
accessibility of Gutenberg.
- Joost de Valk

17. “Are we competing with Medium or
Squarespace? Have we decided?
-Chris Lema

18. “It’s very powerful already but clearly
unpolished and so it’s hard to know
what’s incomplete or a bug.
-Mark Root-Wiley

19. “Doesn’t support responsive columns
yet. We really hope this is coming… It
is definitely time for columns to be in
core!
-Brian Jackson

20. “Testing Gutenberg Outside of the
WordPress' Developer Community is
Critical to its Success
-Sarah Gooding, WP Tavern

21. DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION

22. DO TEST AND GIVE FEEDBACK

24. ALTERNATIVES

25. SHORTCAKEShortcode UI

26. RESOURCES
➤ WPCrafter intro to Gutenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOaiPa4XRg8
➤ WordPress.org Design Initial post
https://make.wordpress.org/design/2017/02/09/initial-gutenberg-
prototype-editor-testing/
➤ Gutenberg github page
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg
https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/ : project page
➤ Gutenberg plugin page
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/
➤ Gutenberg testing tips
https://make.wordpress.org/test/handbook/call-for-testing/
gutenberg-testing/