WordPress and Gutenberg
WordPress is a fantastic tool which, over time, has become the free and open-source web publishing application par excellence.
From our long-standing experience, we would like to share two strategies that we have found very important: enable automatic upgrades in WordPress and use as few plugins as possible.
WordPress now comes with nearly all the publishing tools a website needs. By adding more plugins or using external page builders, you risk locking in your website and preventing it from upgrading properly. You also add complexity and dependencies on other parties. Those products may later be discontinued, become security risks or cause performance problems.
Educational videos
We have prepared a selection of ad-free video tutorials that go in the right direction: building with WordPress Core and Gutenberg instead of adding a plugin for every task. The four YouTube tutorials are in English. Turn on CC, then choose Settings → Subtitles/CC → Auto-translate to display subtitles in your preferred language. The PeerTube tutorial is in French and dates from 2023; its interface is slightly older, but the principles of working with blocks remain useful.
Design your homepage with Twenty Twenty-Five
Language: English
Build a complete homepage with blocks, layouts and Global Styles in the native Site Editor.
Create posts and pages with the Block Editor
Language: English
The official step-by-step introduction to creating and arranging content with blocks.
WordPress 7.1: fourteen features tested
Language: English
A hands-on review of the Core features that reduce the need for extra plugins and page builders.
WordPress Gutenberg: the ultimate guide
Language: English
An attractive, wide-ranging guide to building and designing with Gutenberg’s native blocks and tools.
Add and modify blocks
Language: French · 2023
This French-language PeerTube tutorial offers a clear, chaptered introduction to adding and modifying blocks. The interface is slightly older, but the essential principles remain relevant.
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