There is a change coming in 6.9 and continuing in 7.0 which is going to impact block developers and people using older blocks that haven’t been updated. The Post Editor is going to be moved to fully be in an iframe. This will mean that block.json v.3 will be needed.

Here is an update on the current status and a high level roadmap for phase 3 of Gutenberg. It looks like block notes will be included in the upcoming 6.9. There is also some progress on data views and data forms.

Marko Krstic from DPlugins has been working on a plugin for creating Gutenberg blocks using PHP named Fancoolo WP. It looks interesting. There is some basic documentation, though I think a video walk-through would be nice to show off how it works.

It looks like Ollie’s Menu Designer plugin will be added to core, though when is still open.

Wes Theron created a video on how to use the Gutenberg core Group block. This video might be of interest to new users or those unfamiliar with working in Gutenberg.

This is a nice video about working with synced patterns. It shows you how you can now add override limits to patterns for headings, paragraphs, images, and buttons, which helps to “client proof” designs.

This graph showing code commits to Gutenberg is pretty telling. From 455 commits during the week of December 8th to only 88 commits the week of March 30th. The decline is largely due to Automattic sponsorship being discontinued.

This tutorial for power users and developers shows how to extend core blocks and add customizations for additional attributes or style variations.

Nick Diego and Ryan Welcher walk though creating a Gutenberg block using Cursor AI.