Gutenberg 17.6 was recently released.  It includes the ability to filter inner blocks, brings the editing features of the content editor and Site Editor into alignment, and has refactoring for the Fonts Library and Interactivity API.  This version of Gutenberg will be included in WordPress 6.5 due in March. 

This is an interesting interview by Matt Medeiros with Paul Charlton and Brian Coords. There was not much debate as Paul and Brian really seemed to be on the same page.

Updates to the revisions system coming in 6.5. It looks like this will include the Style Book and Templates.

The MRW Simplified Editor plugin is the solution for people who want to control what Gutenberg blocks and options are available. The plugin is free in the WP plugin directory. Here are details about it and how it works.

Gutenberg 17.5 has been released. It mainly focuses on a couple of refinements in preparation for WordPress 6.5 in March. The main refinement is the unification of preferences for the content editor and the site editor.

There are a number of new features coming to WordPress this year. This video mentions 10 updates to watch for.

I’ve rounded out my understanding of Gutenberg. Figuring out what it is seems to be a popular topic.

I came across this post and video from Brian Coords, who is a WordPress core contributor. I thought it was a very balanced and thoughtful response to Kevin Geary’s video where he tried to create a layout using Gutenberg.

In this article Elvis Krstulović weighs in on the discussion on user friendly builders, no-code options, and whether these are niche or not niche. He shows that UI controls, such as are used for flexblox layouts, are common across professional design tools.