Jamie Marsland Recreates WordPress.org Homepage in 20 Minutes Using the Block Editor
In response to the recent controversy about how long WordPress.org’s new homepage and download page designs should take to implement, Gutenberg YouTuber Jamie Marsland decided to try his hand at recreating it with the block editor. Matt Mullenweg had commented on the plans for the new designs moving into development, saying that it should have taken “hours not weeks to implement.” His most incendiary comments, that fired up a subsequent conversations about the realities of working with the block editor, referenced WordPress’ competitors. “It’s such a basic layout, it’s hard to imagine it taking a single person more than a day on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, or one of the WP page builders,” Mullenweg said. Marsland decided to take the challenge using Gutenberg. For this exercise he used WordPress’ most recent default theme, Twenty Twenty-Two. His results are not identical to WordPress’ new designs but are very close, and he was able to whip up the homepage in approximately 20 minutes. Can I re-create the new #wordpress home page in 20 mins? Here's my attempt on #youtube https://t.co/YeEDv914BF #gutenberg pic.twitter.com/Vy7SB0HYYv— Jamie Pootlepress – Gutenberg YouTuber and Builder (@pootlepress) August 17, 2022 In the video (embedded below), Marsland walks through the creation…
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