Jeremy Anderberg posted: " Ever since the block editor was introduced in 2018, we've been pushing it to do more — and our latest crop of improvements will help you build posts and pages on your site with confidence, no matter what you publish: More design tools for dozens of b" WordPress.com News
Ever since the block editor was introduced in 2018, we've been pushing it to do more — and our latest crop of improvements will help you build posts and pages on your site with confidence, no matter what you publish:
More design tools for dozens of blocks
More control over lists with our improved List Block
Easier block-switching
Let's take a closer look at each.
More Design Tools for Dozens of Blocks
We've added a variety of design tools to dozens of blocks. Depending on the block, you'll now see typography, color, border, spacing, and layout options.
To play around with these new design tools, select the block you want to work with and use the right-hand sidebar to access these sections.
You'll see a few controls right away, but with just a couple clicks you can go even deeper. Select the three dots on the upper right of each section to find even more options, or hit the red chain link button to allow control over borders and/or padding for each side or corner individually.
Without a doubt, one of the most fun additions is having more border options on Image Blocks:
More Control Over Lists
Our improved List Block means that lists are easier to manage from the toolbar. Every item and hierarchy in your list can now be manipulated as its own block. Rearranging, grouping, and nesting items has never been easier:
Easier Block-Switching
The block transforms menu offers a quick shortcut to switch to a different block, depending on your content. As the number of blocks has grown and you've started using this menu more and more, it's been made more useful by changing the organization of what's displayed at the top. For blocks that support paragraph, heading, list, and quote transformations — which are, by far, the most used changes — we've now emphasized those blocks:
Keep building with the block editor. We'll keep improving it.
The block editor is always growing and improving as a result of your feedback, so thank you — we can't wait to show you what we're building next. In the meantime, we'll continue working hard behind the scenes, with more updates to come! Have ideas for how to improve the editor? Let us know in the comments.
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Jeremy Anderberg posted: " The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Below you'll find the four newest themes that we've added to our library, giving you beautiful options for small businesses/organizations, artists, and even a fun" WordPress.com News
The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Below you'll find the four newest themes that we've added to our library, giving you beautiful options for small businesses/organizations, artists, and even a fun retro throwback.
To install any of the below themes, click the the name of the theme you like, which brings you right to the installation page. Then simply click the "Activate this design" button. You can also click "Open live demo," which brings up a clickable, scrollable version of the theme for you to preview.
Premium themes are free to use for any user on a Premium plan or above, or can be purchased individually by those with free sites or Personal plans.
You can explore all of our themes by navigating to the "Themes" page, which is found under "Appearance" in the left-side menu of your WordPress.com dashboard. Or, just click here:
Cultivate is a theme for the cause-driven individual, organization, or project. It was designed with community in mind and comes with useful patterns for earning memberships, taking donations, collecting emails, sharing news, and more.
Disco is a funky, vibrant, opinionated theme with a monospaced font. Both its styles and spacing form an edgy aesthetic perfect for those looking to build a quirky website.
Thriving Artist is a theme for creators who use the web to tell their stories, share their work, and connect with their fans. It leverages WooCommerce to give you the ability to integrate a simple (or extensive) store.
Stay tuned for more updates about new themes, patterns, blocks, and other exciting product updates! And be sure to click below to take a look at the entire showcase of themes we offer:
