Gutenberg 11.9 Focuses on Navigation Menus and Block Theming
Gutenberg 11.9 landed on Wednesday, and it is packed with dozens of enhancements. Contributors are speeding forward, getting in some of the final features before the release of WordPress 5.9, expected on December 14. Version 11.9 is the last plugin release to include new features for the upcoming WordPress update. Bug fixes will continue to be ported over in the coming weeks. Site editing and theme-related blocks take up most of the spotlight. WordPress 5.9 will ship with its first default block theme, Twenty Twenty-Two. For many users, this will be their first experience with template editing and global styles. The Navigation block received a lot of attention, and rightly so. Developers solved some vital data portability issues and created a more well-rounded user experience. There is still a lot of room for improvement on the whole, but Gutenberg has come a long way in the past few months. I am excited about what the new features will look like once they land in the general WordPress release. Site Editor Scaled Back, Its Menu Moved and Renamed Site editor with Twenty Twenty-Two active. The site editor has been scaled back to the point where it is no longer the feature…
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