Weekly WordPress News: The Gutenberg Roadmap Is Out

As part of WordCamp Europe, Matt Mullenweg laid out the roadmap for Gutenberg over the next three months. In July, there will be a prompt to push more Gutenberg usage (as a plugin). Then, we might see a WordPress 5.0 beta in August.

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com also made a big acquisition. And in even more announcements, WordCamp US 2019 will be in St. Louis.

Let’s get to all of this week’s news…

WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES

• Mullenweg announced Gutenberg Roadmap – things get more aggressive in July, but no 5.0 beta until August at the absolute earliest.
• Matt Mullenweg Announces St. Louis as WordCamp US 2019/2020 Host City – there’s really nothing to add here.
• WordPress Alternatives: 9 Viable Competitors To WordPress For Blogs Or Websites – we all love WordPress, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some solid alternatives out there.
• How to Redesign Your Business Website – Transparency Report #40 – behind the CodeinWP website redesign.
• WordPress.com Owner Buys Atavist, Maker of Subscription-Offering Publishing Software – Automattic purchased Atavist for an undisclosed amount.

TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS

• The Easy Way To Create A Sports Website With WordPress: For Teams Or Leagues – learn how to create a website for your sports team with WordPress.
• How To Create A Custom Login Page For WordPress: 5 Easy Methods – learn how to create a custom login page for your WordPress site.
• The Complete US-based Tax Cheat Sheet for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers – or move abroad and skip the taxes!
• Add and display a custom field on WooCommerce – last week you saw Catapult Themes’ method – here’s CSSIgniter’s.

RESOURCES & DEALS

• Buttonizer Review: Add A Floating Action Button To WordPress – check out our review of the Buttonizer floating action button plugin.
• Oxygen 2.0 Review: A Visual Website Builder For WordPress – Oxygen 2.0 is a huge reboot of this visual website builder. Check out our review!
• 5 Best WordPress Front End Editor Plugins For Easy Content Creation – check out some of the best front end editor plugins.
• Episode 94 – Challenging the Focus of WordPress Hosting, with Thomas from Servebolt – a new episode of MasterMind.fm.
• A Business Consulting Session with Seth Godin – WP Elevation managed to get Seth Godin on the podcast!