The term "Gutenberg" is confusing and misunderstood, so we'll define some things here:
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Gutenberg
Gutenberg is not the block editor. WordPress itself uses the term confusing so this is simply our distinction for non-technical people.
Gutenberg is a plugin.
"Gutenberg" is the code name for highly experimental development plugin from WordPress that absolutely no one that isn't a full time WordPress developer should be using.
If you have the Gutenberg plugin installed under your "Plugins" admin screen, uninstall it immediately.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg was the first iteration/development of the block editor, prior to it being integrated directly into WordPress.
After it was integrated into WordPress, it's simply became the "block editor".
Project Gutenberg no longer exists.
Gutenberg blocks
Gutenberg blocks are blocks found in the Gutenberg plugin, which is experimental and should not be used by anybody. Do not use this.
Some people mistakenly call core WordPress blocks "Gutenberg blocks". This is incorrect.
For extra clarity:
- the block editor is not the Gutenberg editor or plugin
- you should immediately uninstall the Gutenberg plugin if it is installed
Block editor
The block editor is a replacement for the classic editor, and is built into core WordPress.
The block editor allows you to write a post using blocks, and is fully supported and recommended by Feast.
The block editor is your friend.
Blocks
Blocks are individual elements of the block editor, accessible via the blue "+" button.
There are core WordPress blocks, and there are blocks developed by third party themes and plugins.
WordPress has made a huge mistake and naively allowed Full Site Editor blocks in posts. To address this, we've given you the option to:
- Optimize Core Blocks which removes Full Site Editor blocks from posts
- Optimize Block Typography which removes well-intentioned but foolish styling options on a per-block basis
We recommend all sites enable both these features.
Feast blocks
Feast blocks include the FSRI block and Feast Category Images block used to build various parts of the Feast Plugin setup, such as the:
Reusable blocks (block patterns)
Reusable blocks were a neat idea when first introduced, but over time they've broken repeatedly and have been confusing to use.
In WordPress 6.3, they're rebranding these are "block patterns".
As with all new/in-development features, we recommend avoiding reusable blocks (block patterns) until they've stabilized for 1-2 years. They're more likely to break than not break over the next few months/years.
Site Editor
The Site Editor, formerly known as the Full Site Editor ("FSE"), is WordPress redeveloping itself into a visual/pagebuilder style website editor.
The Full Site Editor can basically be thought of as a mash up of blocks.
This is fine for portfolio-style websites, but inappropriate for use in posts for food blogs for the same reasons we don't recommend pagebuilders.
It's still extremely experimental, is constantly changing, doesn't have the same features as traditional theme setup, and we don't believe it will be ready for usage by food blogs until 2025.
Hybrid theme
A hybrid theme is a theme/setup that uses both the traditional WordPress setup and blocks. A Hybrid theme setup has the best of both worlds and is generally more stable than Full Site Editor setups.
The Feast Plugin uses a hybrid setup.
Third party blocks
There are third party blocks, such as those by WP Recipe Maker, Genesis, Kadence, Yoast and more that we don't offer support for.
The more reliance on third party plugins/blocks there are, the higher the chances of something significant breaking. We recommend avoiding avoiding third party blocks except those by:
- WP Recipe Maker
- Yoast
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