We often hear about how many millions of WordPress posts are written using Gutenberg and I was curious about which block collections people are using the most. In this video I look at the top 20 most popular Gutenberg block collections by the number of active installs. I show all 20, and there is a table of contents in the video comments. There are some interesting trends found overall that are discussed in the conclusions section at the end.

Here is a brief tutorial on how to use the new Footnotes block that was included in WordPress 6.3.

Part of Gutenberg phase 3 is a redesign of the WordPress admin. Contributors are starting to propose designs.

For block developers – this is a nice resource with information about all of the core blocks.

Gutenberg 16.4 introduces auto-inserting blocks feature, and other enhancements.

The WordPress Gutenberg team is working on adding a new interactivity API so that developers can create blocks that support users content interactions. The project has progressed to the initial testing stage and those interested are invited to help.

The latest version of the Gutenberg plugin, 16.3, added some features for working with patterns. These won’t be included in the forthcoming 6.3 release of WordPress, but will be in 6.4

Justin Tadlock released a new plugin for displaying breadcrumbs. The intent is that the block can be used in the Site Editor when making theme templates. Here is a discussion and walk-through.

Here is a very nice video tour by Jamie Marsland of new features coming in WordPress 6.3.