Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Description
“Gutenberg” is a codename for a whole new paradigm for creating with WordPress, that aims to revolutionize the entire publishing experience as much as Johannes Gutenberg did the printed word. The project is following a four-phase process that will touch major pieces of WordPress — Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual.
Following the introduction of post block editing in December 2018, Gutenberg later introduced full site editing (FSE) in 2021, which shipped with WordPress 5.9 in early 2022.
What Does Gutenberg Do?
Gutenberg is WordPress’s “block editor”, and introduces a modular approach to modifying your entire site. Edit individual content blocks on posts or pages. Add and adjust widgets. Even design your site headers, footers, and navigation with full site editing support.
Each piece of content in the editor, from a paragraph to an image gallery to a headline, is its own block. And just like physical blocks, WordPress blocks can be added, arranged, and rearranged, allowing users to create media-rich content and site layouts in a visually intuitive way — and without workarounds like shortcodes or custom HTML and PHP.
We’re always hard at work refining the experience, creating more and better blocks, and laying the groundwork for future phases of work. Each WordPress release includes stable features from the Gutenberg plugin, so you don’t need to install the plugin to benefit from the work being done here.
Early Access
Are you a tech-savvy early adopter who likes testing bleeding-edge and experimental features, and isn’t afraid to tinker with features that are still in active development? If so, this beta plugin gives you access to the latest Gutenberg features for block and full site editing, as well as a peek into what’s to come.
Contributors Wanted
For the adventurous and tech-savvy, the Gutenberg plugin gives you the latest and greatest feature set, so you can join us in testing and developing bleeding-edge features, playing around with blocks, and maybe get inspired to contribute or build your own blocks.
Discover More
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User Documentation: Review the WordPress Editor documentation for detailed instructions on using the editor as an author to create posts, pages, and more.
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Developer Documentation: Explore the Developer Documentation for extensive tutorials, documentation, and API references on how to extend the editor.
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Contributors: Gutenberg is an open-source project and welcomes all contributors from code to design, from documentation to triage. See the Contributor’s Handbook for all the details on how you can help.
The development hub for the Gutenberg project can be found at https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg. Discussions for the project are on the Make Core Blog and in the #core-editor channel in Slack, including weekly meetings. If you don’t have a Slack account, you can sign up here.
Faq
The best place to report bugs, feature suggestions, or any other feedback is at the Gutenberg GitHub issues page. Before submitting a new issue, please search the existing issues to check if someone else has reported the same feedback.
While we try to triage issues reported here on the plugin forum, you’ll get a faster response (and reduce duplication of effort) by keeping feedback centralized in GitHub.
The Gutenberg team and WordPress community take security bugs seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.
To report a security issue, please visit the WordPress HackerOne program.
Not necessarily. Each version of WordPress after 5.0 has included features from the Gutenberg plugin, which are known collectively as the WordPress Editor. You are likely already benefiting from stable features!
But if you want cutting edge beta features, including more experimental items, you will need to use the plugin. You can read more here to help decide whether the plugin is right for you.
View the Versions in WordPress document to get a table showing which Gutenberg plugin version is included in each WordPress release.
The four phases of the project are Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual. You can hear more about the project and phases from Matt in his State of the Word talks for 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018. Additionally, you can follow the biweekly release notes and monthly project plan updates on the Make WordPress Core blog for more up to date information about what’s happening now.
- Gutenberg, or the Ship of Theseus, with examples of what Gutenberg might do in the future
- Editor Technical Overview
- Design Principles and block design best practices
- WP Post Grammar Parser
- Development updates on make.wordpress.org
- Documentation: Creating Blocks, Reference, and Guidelines
- Additional frequently asked questions
Reviews
Worst builder
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Really painful to work with. Native blocks are useless. Why do something simple when it can be difficult
What to say when updates come?
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It a waste of time even to rate Gutenberg after 8 Years of Development.. How does it feel when comparing ot many other pagebuilders, who are developing 1-2 Years?
I do not know how you want to copy the minimal Apple usability, and missing every logic?
o.k. Functions are there, but users do not get it...
It became a really great tool
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I've been using Gutenberg/Editor for the last 3 years and I'm super happy with it. Now it's stable and provides everything needed to be the primary builder for different types of sites.
Gutenberg keeps improving
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I've been using Gutenberg since its early days, and while it was rough around the edges back then with plenty of stability issues, it's come a long way. I now use it across all my websites, and the experience has been fantastic. The features are solid, my sites look great with no bugs to speak of, and it's noticeably lightweight compared to Elementor—which honestly feels outdated now.
Its lighweight but you should not be using visual editor, specially with AI now
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It’s lightweight, but you should not be using a visual editor specially with AI now. I will not spend any more resources on Gutenberg in 2026. Bring back the Classic Editor natively and allow users to create their own CMS CF + CPT with a native ACF integration (or SCF lol). Users aren't stupid now, especially with AI allowing them to design their own vision.
Love Gutenberg, so fast.
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I've been using Elementor for years and I ditched it because its an Israeli owned company. Looked around at options within WordPress and thought I'd give the native block editor a chance. I wish I did it long ago. Its so fast and clean and with features I never had before.
Simon
Modern Editing Experience
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Unlike heavy third-party builders, Gutenberg produces clean, lightweight HTML.
Editor for Fast & Performant Website
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Block editor really pushed the WordPress to the new level making it more functional accessible and clean. Now both end users and agencies working with WordPress could achieve more without relying on 3rd party solutions.
Needs Improvement
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Using Gutenberg for a while now. It’s okay for simple posts and loads fast. But some block settings are confusing and limited. Works for basic use, not great for advanced layouts.
Great features, but adds too much weight to the page load
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I have mixed feelings about Gutenberg. While it offers great flexibility for layout design, my biggest concern is the performance impact. As a developer focused on Core Web Vitals, I find this plugin very heavy. It injects a lot of extra CSS and DOM nodes into the frontend, which significantly increases the page load time.
For news portals and content-heavy sites where speed is critical, the Classic Editor still performs much better. I hope the team focuses on reducing the code bloat in future updates.
Changelog
To read the changelog for the latest Gutenberg release, please navigate to the release page.