=== Gutenberg ===
Contributors: matveb, joen, karmatosed
Requires at least: 5.3.0
Tested up to: 5.3
Stable tag: 7.8.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

The Gutenberg plugin provides editing, customization, and site building features to WordPress. This beta plugin allows you to test bleeding-edge features before they land in future WordPress releases.

== Description ==

"Gutenberg" is a codename for a whole new paradigm in WordPress site building and publishing, that aims to revolutionize the entire publishing experience as much as Gutenberg did the printed word. Right now, the project is in the first phase of a four-phase process that will touch every piece of WordPress -- Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual -- and is focused on a new editing experience, the block editor.

The block editor introduces a modular approach to pages and posts: 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 added, arranged, and rearranged, allowing WordPress users to create media-rich pages in a visually intuitive way -- and without work-arounds like shortcodes or custom HTML.

The block editor first became available in December 2018, and we're still hard at work refining the experience, creating more and better blocks, and laying the groundwork for the next three phases of work. The Gutenberg plugin gives you the latest version of the block editor so you can join us in testing bleeding-edge features, start playing with blocks, and maybe get inspired to build your own.

### Discover More

- **User Documentation:** See the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-editor/">WordPress Editor documentation</a> for detailed docs on using the editor as an author creating posts and pages.

- **Developer Documentation:** Extending and customizing is at the heart of the WordPress platform, see the <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/developers/">Developer Documentation</a> for extensive tutorials, documentation, and API reference on how to extend the editor.

- **Contributors:** Gutenberg is an open-source project and welcomes all contributors from code to design, from documentation to triage. See the <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/contributors/">Contributor's Handbook</a> for all the details on how you can help.

The development hub for the Gutenberg project is on Github at: <a href="https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg/"> https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg</a>

Discussion for the project is on <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/">Make Blog</a> and the `#core-editor` channel in Slack, <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/chat/">signup information</a>.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How can I send feedback or get help with a bug? =

We'd love to hear your bug reports, feature suggestions and any other feedback! Please head over to <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues">the GitHub issues page</a> to search for existing issues or open a new one. While we'll try to triage issues reported here on the plugin forum, you'll get a faster response (and reduce duplication of effort) by keeping everything centralized in the GitHub repository.

= What's Next for the Project? =

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 <a href="https://ma.tt/2019/11/state-of-the-word-2019/">2019</a> and <a href="https://ma.tt/2018/12/state-of-the-word-2018/">2018</a>. Additionally you can follow updates in the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/?s=gutenberg">Make WordPress Core blog</a>.


= Where Can I Read More About Gutenberg? =

- <a href="http://matiasventura.com/post/gutenberg-or-the-ship-of-theseus/">Gutenberg, or the Ship of Theseus</a>, with examples of what Gutenberg might do in the future
- <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/01/17/editor-technical-overview/">Editor Technical Overview</a>
- <a href="https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/reference/design-principles/">Design Principles and block design best practices</a>
- <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/wp-post-grammar">WP Post Grammar Parser</a>
- <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/gutenberg/">Development updates on make.wordpress.org</a>
- <a href="https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/">Documentation: Creating Blocks, Reference, and Guidelines</a>
- <a href="https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/reference/faq/">Additional frequently asked questions</a>


== Changelog ==

To read the changelog for Gutenberg 7.8.1, please navigate to the <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v7.8.1">release page</a>.
