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How to test WordPress 5.0 — and every other new release

7 December 2018 | 11 Comments Edwin Toonen

December 6, 2018, is the day we shall remember for the birth of WordPress 5.0 and its new block editor. While we loved the new editor, initially, we advised people to hold off updating to WordPress 5.0 until a more stable release. But now, we’re happy to tell people to move to WordPress 5.0! Nevertheless, …

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How to test WordPress 5.0 — and every other new release

Pressing questions about Gutenberg: the new editor in WordPress 5.0

5 December 2018 | 11 Comments Edwin Toonen

December 6th, 2018, we saw the release of WordPress 5.0. With it came one of the most talked about — and divisive — new features ever: a brand-new editor, the one we currently know as Gutenberg. Gutenberg is not just a simple refresh of the interface, no, it is an entirely re-imagined editor with a …

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Pressing questions about Gutenberg: the new editor in WordPress 5.0



Yoast SEO 8.2: Automatically add structured data with Gutenberg content blocks

11 September 2018 | 26 Comments Edwin Toonen

While we’re still only at the start of the Gutenberg adventure, we’re presenting an awesome, brand-new feature for the new WordPress editor today. Meet the Yoast SEO structured data content blocks! The content blocks automatically add valid structured data code to the content that is added to these blocks. Our initial line-up consists of How-to …

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Yoast SEO 8.2: Automatically add structured data with Gutenberg content blocks

Are content blocks the future? And, what’s the benefit for SEO?

4 September 2018 | 15 Comments Willemien Hallebeek

In Yoast SEO 8.0 you’ve met with the Yoast SEO Gutenberg sidebar. Since the 8.1 release, you can see the snippet preview in action in this sidebar. These are our first step of integrating Yoast SEO with Gutenberg. But there is more to come. Shortly, we’ll also introduce a whole new concept: Yoast SEO content blocks. …

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Are content blocks the future? And, what’s the benefit for SEO?


Using Gutenberg as an editor: does it make my life easier?

6 June 2018 | 27 Comments Willemien Hallebeek

Being part of the blog team at Yoast I spend much time writing, correcting and editing content in the editor. Of course, I’ve heard about Gutenberg (it’s quite the thing here at Yoast) and glanced over it, but I didn’t take the time to do much with it myself. When the Gut Guys asked me …

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Using Gutenberg as an editor: does it make my life easier?