I’ve installed this on my client’s new site because it seems that, inevitably, they’re going to have it as an option in a future WP update. I’m using WPML along with Gutenberg and it’s painfully slow.

Some improvements that are sorely needed:

• The ability to easily extend the core blocks without having to write new blocks (I’m hoping for more documentation and real, working examples)
• Better function to link internal pages. The current “type a keyword” is really slow and intermittently works (although, the feature of highlighting words and pasting a url that “auto links” it is pretty cool)
• Improvement on handling autosaves while actively working. The autosaves hang up the editor
• Fix the conversion from legacy to blocks — some tags are getting deleted such as spans and lists. Not to mention that list conversion to blocks breaks them apart!
• Bring back the word count tool (bloggers need it!)
• Wider editing screen – I don’t like having to scroll so far to get to my content

What I like:

• Once the theme’s CSS is set up correctly, it’s a true WYSIWYG.
• It seems that it’s easier to embed a variety of media

I’ve been using Gutenberg intensely for the past few days mainly with entering some long and heavily-formatted texts. I haven’t even gotten to the point of coding in some additional meta boxes and custom post types. I’ve read that you can disable Gutenberg for custom posts but some might require and editor along with other special fields. I also haven’t been adding any other graphical items such as videos, photos, and buttons yet so we’ll see how all that goes (especially when working with WPML).

I’m hoping for a better final product and that the folks at WP are really taking these issues to heart. I want to like Gutenberg but right now I’m just putting up with it.

• This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by leeseofTBC.