{"id":3453,"date":"2021-06-22T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T11:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T10:34:59","slug":"gutenberg-9-7-with-improved-user-experience-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/gutenberg-9-7-with-improved-user-experience-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Gutenberg 9.7 With Improved User Experience For WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

W<\/span>ith the release of Gutenberg 9.7, the post editing interface has experienced major improvements and enhancements. Users can expect to see changes to blog interface variations, patterns and reusable blocks being worked upon with developers getting the ability to add custom page templates to their block based WordPress<\/a> themes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest release has the least bug fixes. Version 9.7 deals with new features and better functionality but most of the updates are to post-editing interface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Improved UX<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Gutenberg 9.7 will now be showing the details for the different variations which are in use like the youtube variation for the embed block. Variations will be when one block is being used to create multiple other variations of the same block. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, users will be able to see a preview of how the block will look like, it is still a very small improvement but it can help you to make decisions to transform from one block to another easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team which introduced the drag and drop feature for blocks in the inserter has now extended that feature to block patterns to increase the capabilities of the feature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Updates on Reusable Blocks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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It is still a problem to manage the reusable blocks if you are not aware of its location. There will be some iterations in the UI for reusable blocks in the coming updates and users can expect something new with it. It feels like the feature was already bad and they made it even worse with the update as the way to edit titles was missing and there were no options to edit it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can edit the reusable blocks within the post editor itself while the users can drag an image out of the block, the reusable blocks feel like a part of an editor. All the edits will reflect all instances of the reusable blocks on the site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving a block that is reusable with the post. How they are saved is the big difference. The reusable blocks have become a part of the multi entry save system. When the editor\u2019s update button is clicked, the users will be having an option to save the entire post and individual reusable blocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Custom \u201cPage\u201d Templates<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Page templates are now supported by block based themes. With all post types being technically supported with this feature. But the page will be the terminology somehow after some discussion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feature isn\u2019t very helpful or impressive because it just adds the custom template to drop down select on edit post screen but the page templates need to be redefined with the coming versions. The block system is based on instant visual feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benguella, the developer behind the release said, \u201cIn terms of UI and integration with the template mode, we can do a lot more than the old select box,\u201d and added that, \u201cWe can show a preview for templates and offer a modal or something like that for folks to pick from\u2026We\u2019d need some design thinking and explorations there. This PR just sets the technical requirements to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final thoughts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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It can be expected that the page templates could have more like an already designed block layout. The traditional page templates have become dated and the themes rarely offer more than a few functionalities to make certain changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been clear that more information and exploration on what and how page templates will look like in the upcoming versions will be needed. Will they be necessary in the block system and how would they function in an interface that needs visual feedback?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the release of Gutenberg 9.7, the post editing interface has experienced major improvements and enhancements. Users can expect to see changes to blog interface variations, patterns and reusable blocks being worked upon with developers getting the ability to add custom page templates to their block based WordPress themes.  The latest release has the least bug fixes. Version 9.7 deals with new features and better functionality but … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.7 With Improved User Experience For WordPress<\/span> »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,70,71],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8885,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions\/8885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wponlinesupport.com\/wordpress-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}