163: What WordPress’ Gutenberg Update Means for You with Raquel Smith

When Gutenberg is coming and how you can prepare for this WordPress update with Raquel Smith.

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Welcome to episode 163 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork chats with Raquel Smith from WP Tasty about WordPress’ new Gutenberg update.

What WordPress’ Gutenberg Update Means for You

If you’re running your blog on WordPress, chances are you’ve heard of Gutenberg. Gutenberg is WordPress’ new WYSIWYG post editor, and it’ll be a part of WordPress core before we know it.

But will this new way of editing impact you and your posts? You betcha. And Raquel is here to talk all about what you can expect once Gutenberg is live on your site.

Between setting up a staging site to test your plugins to understanding what blocks are, this episode will get you prepared for the Gutenberg release later this year!

In this episode, Raquel shares:

• Why version 1.6.0 is an important update for Tasty Recipes
• What a CMS is and what open-source means
• Why people self-hosted WordPress sites are beneficial
• What Gutenberg is
• What blocks are
• When we should expect to see Gutenberg
• How you can prepare for Gutenberg

Resources:

• Shane and Simple
• 136: Optimizing for Search Results on Google and Pinterest with Raquel Smith
• Daniel Bachhuber
• Gutenberg
• Tasty Recipes is Gutenberg-Ready
• How to Migrate Your Blog to Gutenberg
• Frontenberg
• WordPress 4.9.8 Maintenance Release
• Gutenberg plugin
• WP Tavern
• WP Tasty blog

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

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