#14 – Dave Smith, Isabel Brison and Joen Asmussen on the New Navigation Block
On the podcast today we have three guests… Dave Smith, Isabel Brison and Joen Asmussen. They’re all employed by Automattic, and whilst, as you will hear, they’ve had a variety of backgrounds, most recently they’ve been working on the new Navigation Block. Up until now WordPress menus have had their own dedicated area of the admin, but as of the most recent release of WordPress, 5.9, this has changed. If you have a block based theme you now create and edit menus in the block editor with the navigation block. Perhaps you were very happy with the way that menus have worked until now, but on the podcast today we explore why navigation was given such a large overhaul. It’s a complete break from the past and may need some getting used to for yourself, or possibly your clients. So why did this all happen? What was wrong with what we had until now? These are the topics that we discuss on the podcast today. Along with: What are the options available in the new UI?Does the navigation block have any benefits over a dedicated menu screen?Will the classic way of doing things be supported?What’s on the roadmap for the…
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