• Resolved anonymized-14934761

    (@anonymized-14934761)


    Hi,

    Since WordPress does have Gutenberg built-in the core, what is the difference between this plugin and the thing inside WordPress core?

    Kind Regards

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by anonymized-14934761.
Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • The Gutenberg plugin continues development in-between core releases.

    The last WordPress release (5.2) included the features of Gutenberg plugin version 5.3, this is a little confusing because the numbers happened to be so close to each other.

    The next version of WordPress 5.3, releasing in a couple weeks will include the features of the Gutenberg plugin version 6.5.

    The version of Gutenberg plugin included in the main WordPress release is frozen at the time of the WordPress beta starting. This gives time to make sure everything is stable and ready for a full production release.

    You can continue using the Gutenberg plugin, development continues and will be the leading features for the next release.

    I hope that explains the difference and answers your question.

    Thread Starter anonymized-14934761

    (@anonymized-14934761)

    So from what I understand the Gutenberg plugin is more like a beta testing version, while the core contains a stable version.

    Does the WP version have bugfixes like the Gutenberg plugin when it is freezed. What I mean, I do understand there are no new features, but does it receive bugfixes within the same WordPress subversions or it does not?

    What I am trying to say is that maybe the plugin is not freezed, it gets new features, but it also gets bugfixes, which WP doesn’t get on time until the next WP subversion?

    Thread Starter anonymized-14934761

    (@anonymized-14934761)

    Also I checked the versions. The current Gutenberg is 6.8 released 5 days ago, while WordPress 5.3 will ship with 6.5. Why there is such a large gap of not one or two, but 3 versions? Isn’t this too much?

    Also what version is the Gutenberg demo here?

    The new Gutenberg editing experience

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by anonymized-14934761.
    • This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by anonymized-14934761.
    Thread Starter anonymized-14934761

    (@anonymized-14934761)

    Where can I read a more human-friendly non-geek information about the gutenberg versions and their updates? I watched the development logs but I need something like this one https://yoast.com/three-new-features-in-gutenberg-6-5-and-more-on-wordpress-5-3/ for versions 6.6, 6.7, 6.8.

    Plugin Author Ella Van Durpe

    (@ellatrix)

    Hi @slkfsdf8y34ljhsfsdfkuhfkl84hj!

    > Where can I read a more human-friendly non-geek information about the gutenberg versions and their updates?

    This might help. https://wptavern.com/tag/gutenberg
    There’s probably other blogs out there you could search for.

    > Also I checked the versions. The current Gutenberg is 6.8 released 5 days ago, while WordPress 5.3 will ship with 6.5. Why there is such a large gap of not one or two, but 3 versions? Isn’t this too much?

    That’s because WordPress 5.3 Beta shipped a while ago. After beta, we can’t include any new features.

    > Also what version is the Gutenberg demo here?

    It looks like that’s the latest version of the plugin.

    > Does the WP version have bugfixes like the Gutenberg plugin when it is freezed. What I mean, I do understand there are no new features, but does it receive bugfixes within the same WordPress subversions or it does not?

    Yes, but only a limited amount of fixes depending on the severity.

    Thread Starter anonymized-14934761

    (@anonymized-14934761)

    I do get the idea Fedora – community, beta, non-stable uses users as beta testers to release Red Hat Enterprise Linux – stable, older versions, etc.

    However, I don’t get why the version gap is so big.

    Also what I don’t get is why some fixes, but not all fixes go to the WordPress Core when they are released.

    My understanding would be that if the core must be stable, secure and patched it should always contain fixes which are released when they are released for the current version of the plugin.

    For example when MacOS Catalina has a bug, it gets patched, but if it affect previous supported versions of the OS, Apple would path *on the same time* the older versions as well. Yes, older versions do not have new features, but they get patched right away.

    If the WP Core version is not patched right away, then what it is the point?

    Would you consider Gutenberg plugin ever to stay always as a separate plugin? I do remember the times when plugins were merged into the core and the development of the plugins as separate ones ceised to exist if I can recall that correctly?

    Also regarding release posts. I do really think for regular non-geek, non-programmers, typical users for WordPress, they have to have release posts like this one – https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-6-7-introduces-storybook-and-gradient-backgrounds or the ones that describe WordPress releases in a human language highlighting the main changes with a link on the bottom for the geeky and developer changelog where all the technical details are shown. Right now I don’t see these human friendly release notes.

    Just because someone wants to install the plugin, doesn’t mean he’s a geek and can check the WordPress trac system or something, he needs to be able to see things like a regular human being, like the posts of the new versions of WordPress that you do.

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

The topic ‘Difference of This and the Core WordPress?’ is closed to new replies.