{"id":10785,"date":"2019-01-01T23:47:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T06:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/?p=10785"},"modified":"2020-02-06T00:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:12:22","slug":"what-is-gutenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/what-is-gutenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Gutenberg?"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress the most commonly used CMS or in simple terms it\u2019s just a free but powerful website creator\/editor.<\/p>\n

Unless you are living under a rock, you might have heard about \u2018Gutenberg\u2019, no it\u2019s not about the place but it\u2019s about the new WordPress editor that people may either like or hate!<\/p>\n

Its main purpose is obsessively to make the website building easier, which it does with its new features and which increases the ease of handling.<\/p>\n

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Before exploring about the Gutenberg, let\u2019s take a look at classic WordPress editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The editor itself is free and open source but it\u2019s not really free for making your website using the WordPress. You may have to have some knowledge in coding or you should hire WordPress Developer<\/a> to customize the WordPress for you. If not, then you may have to buy themes from other websites which you can edit later but not to its full extent, which may require coding skills.<\/p>\n

Then came the Page Builder<\/strong> plugins. They made the website building so much easier that all you have to do is drag and drops then you are done! Well it\u2019s not the end. Using page builders is easy but it\u2019s a process filled with trial & Error which means that every time you do something in the WordPress, you don’t know how is it going work until you render it completely! And it\u2019s going to decrease your work efficiency.<\/p>\n

Then here comes the Gutenberg to save the day!<\/p>\n

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Gutenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty much as same as the classic page builders but with improved functionality.<\/p>\n

Like for example, whenever you drag and drop a block into your website you can clearly see the live changes that are being made in your site, without having to render it completely and change it later.<\/p>\n

It drastically increases your productivity and increases your overall control over the WordPress website design<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why people are going to love it. But the major drawback is that Gutenberg isn’t compatible with all the available themes not yet! Which might be a deal breaker some people? And it\u2019s the biggest upgrade so it will take some time for people to accept this new technology.<\/p>\n

So if you are interested in Gutenberg and willing to download it here\u2019s a quick guide.<\/p>\n

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Downloading Gutenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty easy all you have to do is, go to your WordPress dashboard search for Gutenberg in add new plugins or you can download it from the WordPress repository. Keep in mind that your WP version should be 4.8.<\/p>\n

Well everything is not perfect so is Gutenberg, it comes with its own set of Pros and Cons.<\/p>\n

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Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n