If you’ve been using WordPress for a while now, you’re probably already familiar with the WordPress Block Editor (also known as the Gutenberg Editor). It’s a powerful tool and an intuitive system. However, it does have room for growth if you use the right tools and don’t mind making a few tweaks – which is exactly what we’re going to teach you in this WordPress Gutenberg tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
To get the most out of the Block Editor, you’ll first want to install a reputable block theme that supports Full Site Editing, or FSE for short (more on this in a moment). This will allow you to unlock the full capabilities of the Gutenberg system, which has evolved quite a bit, even from only a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you have that locked in, you’ll want to learn the basics. This means how to add blocks and columns (and remove them), and how to use block patterns to save yourself a lot of time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
In this article, we’re going to teach you how to do all of the above, broken down as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s talk blocks!<\/p>\n\n\n
Before you start using the WordPress Block Editor, you’ll want to make sure your theme plays nicely with it. While the Block Editor works with any theme at a basic level, having a block theme with built-in compatibility<\/a>, which now also includes Full Site Editing (FSE)<\/a>, lets you take advantage of all of its functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want a suggestion, we recommend Raft<\/a>, which is currently the most popular block theme in the entire WordPress repository. It also happens to be the brainchild of our very own talented developers here at Themeisle, so aside from the public validation, we can also vouch for its awesomeness with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n