This session will be a for WordPress site owners to prepare them for upcoming WordPress 5.0 release. We will discuss ways site admins can test their websites before Gutenberg drops in to make sure it will work smoothly after 5.0, like testing existing plugins with beta and similar.

1. Are You Ready for Gutenberg?
Hardeep Asrani

2. I’m Hardeep Asrani
➤ Pirate at ThemeIsle.com
➤ WordPress Plugin/Theme Developer
➤ Part of WordPress Theme Review & Support Team
➤ Part of KanpurFOSS Community

3. Are You Ready for Gutenberg?

4. Using any Plugins With _____ ?
➤ Custom Fields
➤ Meta Boxes
➤ TinyMCE Buttons
➤ XYZ on Editor?

5. Problem: Gutenberg Compatibility

6. Solution: Don’t Update. Problem Solved.

7. Thank You!
@HardeepAsrani

8. Wait… That’s not the solution.

9. Avoiding won’t solve the problem.

10. It will just make it harder.

11. New features won’t stop coming.

12. Let’s get ready for Gutenberg!

13. Step 1: Try Gutenberg*
* not on production

14. Step 2 :Test Your Theme & Plugins

15. Test Theme/Plugins On Sandbox
➤ Local by Flywheel
➤ http://poopy.life

16. Step 3. Check Gutenberg Plugin Compatibility
https://plugincompat.danielbachhuber.com/

17. If they work… GREAT!

18. Else

19. Step 4. Contact theme/plugin author

20. Or

21. Step 5. Find alternatives

22. If you’re a theme/plugin author, get your projects ready
for Gutenberg.

23. Step 6. Clone your site on staging server

24. After all that, is your site ready for Gutenberg?

25. If yes then you can finally update to 5.0.

27. WAIT!

28. Step 7. Backup your site before you update!

29. And welcome to WordPress 5.0

30. Still not ready?

31. Can’t update because XYZ
theme/plugin not compatible?

32. Use Classic Editor until you’re ready:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor

33. Again, “until you’re ready.”

34. Resources:
➤ https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
➤ https://matiasventura.com/post/gutenberg-or-the-ship-of-theseus/
➤ https://wordpress.tv/2017/12/04/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2017/
➤ https://wordpress.tv/2017/12/10/morten-rand-hendriksen-gutenberg-and-
the-wordpress-of-tomorrow/

35. Any questions?

36. Thank You!
@HardeepAsrani