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Converting Existing Blog Posts to Gutenberg

WordPress’s new Gutenberg editor offers great flexibility and easy creative options, but what happens to all the posts and pages you have already created on an existing WordPress website?

Will your pages look the same? And how easy is it to take advantage of all the new features?



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The Gutenberg-Ready Twenty Nineteen WordPress Theme

Since 2011, almost every year, the WordPress team have released a new theme.

However, the team didn't release a theme for 2018 because there were no major WordPress releases.

This year, we're back on track and there's a new default theme, called "Twenty Nineteen". This new theme is needed to take full advantage of this flexibility offered by Gutenberg.

Twenty Nineteen offers significant creative freedom. However, it’s almost a blank slate to begin with, and that can be a little daunting.



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Introducing The New Twenty Nineteen WordPress Theme

With Gutenberg now giving you new freedom with your website’s layout, a new theme is needed to take full advantage of this flexibility.

The new "Twenty Nineteen" theme offers significant creative freedom but it’s almost a blank slant, to begin with, and that can be a little daunting.



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Did You See These 5 Really Cool Gutenberg Features?

Text and image blocks may be the most frequently used blocks in Gutenberg, but there are many others that come standard with WordPress new editor.

Previously you would have had to install a plugin or use HTML to get the same results. Let me show you some of the really cool and useful new features in Gutenberg.



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Gutenberg Videos Arrive at OSTraining

This week's new video class brings the new Gutenberg editor to the OSTraining library.

"The Beginners Guide to WordPress" is now 100% up-to-date for the new era of WordPress blocks.

Over the next few weeks and months, we'll roll out Gutenberg into more and more WordPress video classes. At the moment, many themes and plugins aren't ready for Gutenberg. And, many WordPress users still prefer to use the Classic Editor. This full adoption of Gutenberg will be a process for everyone involved with WordPress, and we'll reflect that here at OSTraining.



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How to Add Image Blocks in the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

In a previous blog post, we explained that the new Gutenberg editor has moved many key text features into blocks.

The same is true with images in Gutenberg. In the old WordPress editor, you could click "Add media" and can control many image and media features from that pop-up screen. That has all changed with Gutenberg.

In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the options for handling images in Gutenberg.




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How to Use Text Blocks in the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

Gutenberg comes with a variety of different standard blocks as part of the editor. Many of these standard blocks allow you to add text.

Your first experience with Gutenberg is probably going to involve text blocks. If you just start typing on a new page or post, you have created a "Paragraph" block.



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Reusable Blocks in the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

One of Gutenberg's most useful features is the ability to reuse blocks. You can turn any block into a reusable block, speeding up your workflow and helping to maintain your website’s look and feel.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to reuse WordPress Gutenberg blocks.



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Gutenberg #3. How to Reuse Blocks

One of Gutenberg's most useful features is the ability to reuse blocks. You can turn any block into a reusable block, speeding up your workflow and helping to maintain your website’s look and feel.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to reuse WordPress Gutenberg blocks.



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How to Use Columns and Rows for Layouts in Gutenberg

Gutenberg is more than just blocks. It lets you layout a page using columns, thus providing greater flexibility with the look of your page. You can create columns and rows with a variety of different content in both.

As can be expected with such a new release there are some limitations, but it still represents a great step forward. In this tutorial, you will look at using columns in the WordPress Gutenberg editor.



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