This is an interesting article by Brian Coords about the confusing state of templates, template parts, synced patterns, patterns, PHP only blocks, and no-code workflows vs agency workflows.

After several years of almost silence, the Toolset team today released a version that is fully compatible with the Full Site Editor and block based themes. A little late, but I am glad to see the update.

Menus in the Site Editor have been an ongoing issue. They did adapt a menu builder from the Ollie theme, but it is still clunky. Now the Crocoblock team has released JetMenu v.3 with support for the Site Editor.

The Kadence team did a live stream a couple of days ago. They discussed the new Advanced Header / Navigation Blocks and went over some of the features that weren’t demoed in the earlier walk-through. Ben also shared how he saw FSE going forward and he announced several upcoming new features for Kadence. These include options for gradient text, more templates, an Advanced Table block, and a new A/B Testing plugin. Looks like some good stuff coming.

GutenKit is a new block collection from Wpmet. It has a ton of features and was created from the start to work in the Site Editor. This video includes a GutenKit overview and a walk-through using the Pro version to create Custom Post Type templates. The strengths and areas needing improvement are shown and discussed.

A prototype was released showing how to create Custom Post Types and custom fields using the block editor and then display them using the Site Editor. While the project is still new, it demonstrates the thinking and possible direction for Gutenberg. Very cool. In this video we take a look at how this is currently working. It may be some time before this makes it into a WordPress core release, if it every does.

Dynamic Shortcodes is a powerful option for displaying dynamic data. This tutorial shows creating a single template for a Custom Post Type created with Meta Box. A number of different custom field types are displayed. This is a lightweight solution to displaying dynamic data using the Site Editor

Mike McAlister shares about the launch of the Pro version of the Ollie theme and about developing a product for the site editor.

Thinking of trying out the Site Editor? Mike Hindle tried an experiment and used the Twenty Twenty-Four theme for a simple business site. He shares the pain points he encountered and how he addressed them.