{"id":64160,"date":"2018-12-05T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/?p=64160"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:17:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T10:17:06","slug":"wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/news-from-silicon-dales\/wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.0 Update &#8211; landing on 6th December: &#8220;The Gutenberg Update&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 6th December 2018, our clients will notice a new WordPress update. This is a big one &#8211; it will change the way pages and posts are made: the box you write in, called the &#8220;visual editor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For most of our clients this will require a little bit of getting used to, and maybe bit more time than usual to get things looking as desired. Nearly all of our clients will have used a visual editor at some point, so should be able to learn the new system fairly quickly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662f11de170d1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0a0a0a;color:#0a0a0a\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0a0a0a;color:#0a0a0a\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662f11de170d1\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/news-from-silicon-dales\/wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update\/#So_whats_the_big_deal\" title=\"So what&#8217;s the big deal?\">So what&#8217;s the big deal?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/news-from-silicon-dales\/wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update\/#What_to_do_if_your_site_doesnt_work_with_WordPress_50\" title=\"What to do if your site doesn&#8217;t work with WordPress 5.0\">What to do if your site doesn&#8217;t work with WordPress 5.0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/news-from-silicon-dales\/wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update\/#Help_Ive_already_pressed_%E2%80%9CUpdate%E2%80%9D_and_my_site_doesnt_work\" title=\"Help, I&#8217;ve already pressed &#8220;Update&#8221; and my site doesn&#8217;t work\">Help, I&#8217;ve already pressed &#8220;Update&#8221; and my site doesn&#8217;t work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/news-from-silicon-dales\/wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update\/#More_information_on_Gutenberg\" title=\"More information on Gutenberg\">More information on Gutenberg<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/news-from-silicon-dales\/wordpress-5-0-update-landing-on-6th-december-the-gutenberg-update\/#2022_update\" title=\"2022 update\">2022 update<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_whats_the_big_deal\"><\/span>So what&#8217;s the big deal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For clients, a bit more time may be needed for publishing posts and pages on Thursday. Some staff members may need a little time to adjust to the new editing style.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, though, some themes and plugins may not work especially well, or at all, with WordPress 5.0.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_do_if_your_site_doesnt_work_with_WordPress_50\"><\/span>What to do if your site doesn&#8217;t work with WordPress 5.0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are a few options here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delay updating<\/li>\n<li>Install the <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Editor plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/wordpress\/\">Get Silicon Dales to do a WordPress 5.0 Audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get Silicon Dales to test and update your site &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">get in touch<\/a> to book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It may be that you&#8217;ll need to switch plugins, find a new theme or change some elements around to get things working. If so, we&#8217;re here to help and can be booked for part or all of the process.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Help_Ive_already_pressed_%E2%80%9CUpdate%E2%80%9D_and_my_site_doesnt_work\"><\/span>Help, I&#8217;ve already pressed &#8220;Update&#8221; and my site doesn&#8217;t work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already updated to WordPress 5.0 and found something which doesn&#8217;t work, the first port of call would be to roll back to a back-up of your website and run through a <a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/wordpress\/the-silicon-dales-guide-to-updating-wordpress\/#Troubleshooting\">troubleshooting checklist<\/a> in a staging environment. Want us to do that for you? Simply <a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_information_on_Gutenberg\"><\/span>More information on Gutenberg<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more information on Gutenberg go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2022_update\"><\/span>2022 update<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For a great example of what can be done with Gutenberg blocks, see <a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/case-studies\/case-study-annual-report-microsite-for-ebrd\/\">our work for the European Bank for Reconstruction &amp; Development<\/a> &#8211; with a heap of visually appealing block work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 6th December 2018, our clients will notice a new WordPress update. This is a big one &#8211; it will change the way pages and posts are made: the box you write in, called the &#8220;visual editor&#8221;. 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