In this episode, Gaby Galea talks to Rich Tabor, Head of Product at Extendify, about blocks, block themes, Gutenberg, and the future of WordPress. Rich has a knack for designing, building, launching, and scaling WordPress products.
Episode Highlights and Topics:
Block Editor Backlash: Change is hard, especially when it affects your business/lifestyle.
Minimalism: Find balance/happy medium between what you want and need to build.
Gallery Block: Start with simple, single block and scale up to discover a whole new world.
WordPress Future: WP is leaning...
In this episode, Gaby Galea talks to Rich Tabor, Head of Product at Extendify, about blocks, block themes, Gutenberg, and the future of WordPress. Rich has a knack for designing, building, launching, and scaling WordPress products.
Episode Highlights and Topics:
- Block Editor Backlash: Change is hard, especially when it affects your business/lifestyle.
- Minimalism: Find balance/happy medium between what you want and need to build.
- Gallery Block: Start with simple, single block and scale up to discover a whole new world.
- WordPress Future: WP is leaning into editing entire websites, not one content piece/post.
- Block Themes: CSS custom properties to match preview and themes you can trust.
- Too Much Control? Locking things inhibits people, but having guardrails is important.
- Global Styles: Available within the site editor interface to set look-and-feel standards.
- Gutenberg: Component that drives the look and feel of websites, room for improvement.
Resources/Links:
- Rich Tabor
- Extendify
- Gutenberg
- WordPress Patterns
- Tailwind CSS
- React
- Elementor
- GoDaddy
- json
- Gutenberg GitHub Repo
- SquareSpace
- Castos
- WP Mayor Email
- WP Mayor
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