Gutenberg Blocks WordPress Tutorials and Documentation

PublishPress is Ready for the New Widgets Screen in WordPress 5.8

Written on July 19, 2021.

Version 5.8 brings some of the biggest changes we have seen in WordPress since the launch of the Gutenberg editor back in 2018.

The original launch gave us blocks inside posts and pages. This new version is the first step towards blocks everywhere in WordPress.

When you upgrade to 5.8, you'll see a completely new “Widgets” screen. The PublishPress plugins are ready for 5.8, but it really will be useful for you to get a quick tour of what's changed.

PublishPress Blocks Can Show Authors Their Own Posts

Written on July 13, 2021.

PublishPress Blocks 2.8.2 is out now with several improvements. The headline feature allows users to login and see a list of posts that they have written. You can create this list using the “Content Display” block in Gutenberg. This will very useful if you have a lot of authors because they can quickly find their own content via the front your WordPress site.

PublishPress Blocks Pro Has a New Pricing Table

Written on June 18, 2021.

PublishPress Blocks is the plugin that gives you more control over the WordPress block editor.

Over the last few weeks, we've released two major updates to PublishPress Blocks. Versions 2.7 and 2.8 arrive with new blocks and usability improvements.

Here's a guide to five things to look out for when you install the latest version of PublishPress Blocks.

PublishPress Blocks Pro is Now Available

Written on May 24, 2021.

PublishPress Blocks is a plugin that adds over 20 extra blocks to the Gutenberg interface, along with custom layouts, CSS styles, and permissions for blocks.

There are many Gutenberg plugins available, but PublishPress Blocks is different. This plugin has a strong focus on being useful for publishers and content creators.

If you want to see an example of this content focus, check out the Content Display block. This really is the best way to show your content in a block.

Content Display is the Best Block to Showcase Your WordPress Content

Written on April 29, 2021.

The PublishPress Blocks plugin just got a big upgrade!

This plugin now features the best content block in WordPress.

If you think that's hyperbole, you should give it a try. PublishPress Blocks is free on WordPress.org.

The block I'm talking about is called “Content Display“. This block allows you to show posts, pages and other content types in many beautiful layouts.

The Table Block and the Advanced Table Block

Written on April 15, 2021.

One of the things I love about WordPress is that the project has a clearly-stated philosophy. One of the principles is to design for 80% of users and leave plugins to fill in the more advanced features.

This is happening with the Gutenberg block editor. Many developers are adding extra features on top of the default blocks.

Inside the PublishPress Blocks plugin, the Advanced Table block is based on the default Table block in Gutenberg.

The Gutenberg team have done the hard work. We're standing on their shoulders.

If you want to show data inside tables in WordPress, both of these blocks are a great choice.

The Advanced Table Block has functionality that the extra 20% of WordPress users may find helpful. If you are a WordPress power user, you'll want to check out these features, including colors, border settings, cell merging, padding, and text alignment.

How to Vertically Align WordPress Tables in Gutenberg

Written on April 6, 2021.

The Gutenberg editor is good, and with the PublishPress Blocks plugin, it’s great!

PublishPress Blocks builds on top of the basic Gutenberg editor and add all sorts of useful extra features. For example, with PublishPress Blocks you have more options for the table block.

The Advanced Table block is based on the default Table block in Gutenberg. This improved version of the block has tons of extra table features including advanced styling such as margin, padding, alignment, colors and more. Click here to see a demo and click here to see the default Table block vs the Advanced Table block.

How to Control Access to Elementor Templates

Written on March 15, 2021.

A few PublishPress users have written to us and asked if it's possible to control who can access Elementor templates.

By default, only users in the “Administrator” role have the ability to create and edit new templates. In this guide, I'll show you how to allow other users to manage templates.

For more control over Elementor, check out this guide on managing access to Elementor admin screens.

PublishPress Capabilities 2.0, and 100,000 Users

Written on February 19, 2021.

PublishPress Capabilities is the plugin that gives you control over all the permissions on your WordPress site.

In the last few days, there have been two big milestones for the plugin:

Capabilities now has over 100,000 active installs of the Free version, according to WordPress.org.
We released Capabilities 2.0 with lots of new features for Free and Pro users.

Thanks to all of you who use PublishPress Capabilities. We do have big plans to make it even more useful for you.

In this post, I'll introduce all the new features in 2.0 for Free and Pro users. Scroll to the bottom, and you'll see a preview of extra goodies that will be coming soon.

How to Add a Lightbox to the Gutenberg Gallery Block

Written on February 9, 2021.

WordPress has a useful block called “Gallery” which allows you show to multiple images together.

With the PublishPress Blocks plugin, you can improve the gallery block and show WordPress images inside a lightbox modal. This feature is not available in the normal WordPress image block.

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