WordPress 5.0 Launched With a React.js Based Gutenberg Editor and I Got to Contribute — Yay! 🎉
Tags: wordpress, gutenberg, twentynineteen
Published: 2018-12-07 05:19:06

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title: WordPress 5.0 Launched With a React.js Based Gutenberg Editor and I Got to Contribute — Yay! 🎉
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The most anticipated WordPress 5.0 just got released. The core now includes audacious new editing experience code-named Gutenberg along with the all-new TwentyNineteen default theme. WordPress is embracing JavaScript, React.js is now a part of its core. _Tell me about that…_

 _📺 Watch this quick video on WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” ↓_

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🎉 The best most humble part for me, as a [full-time open source developer](https://github.com/AhmadAwais) and [teacher](https://VSCode.pro), is that I got to contribute code to all of that — the WordPress Core, theme, and especially this new JavaScript/React.js based editor Gutenberg. Happiness is — contributing to open source that impacts millions of lives.

👋 If you’re not reading my blog for the first time, you probably know about my [commitment to the WordPress software](https://ahmadawais.com/my-commitment-to-wordpress-and-epic-moments-of-2015/) and that [WordPress is how I found my better half](https://ahmadawais.com/2016-year-review-wordpress-business-big-news/).

💯 It’s been a couple years since I have been contributing to the core software for every major release — helping people understand that it’s easy to contribute. Everyone should help make WP awesome.

🎩 I am a full-time #OpenSourcerer, you’ll find me advocating open source and JavaScript all the time. Thanks to my [incredible partners](https://ahmadawais.com/partners) and people who [purchase my courses](https://VSCode.pro). Check out my [open source work →](https://github.com/AhmadAwais)

[![Core Contributing Developer WordPress 5.0](https://ahmadawais.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Core-Contributing-Developer-WordPress-5.0.jpg)](https://twitter.com/MrAhmadAwais/status/1070764513576869888)

👨‍💻 👩‍💻 Along with my wife and a small team, I also run TheDevCouple blog. Just like the last version, every [team member](https://thedevcouple.com/team/) contributed to WordPress core in 5.0 release as well.

As you can imagine, we are _super passionate_ about the WordPress software and its community. We live and breathe WordPress, build WP products, and give back to the make it better every day.

## 🚀 WordPress 5.0 — Gutenberg, TwentyNineteen & More

I’ve decided to collect a few links that you can check out to read about all the major changes in WordPress 5.0 — keep yourself up to date.

This is a major release, the least you can do as a developer is read what’s new. So, how about we start with new editor called Gutenberg.

[![Wordpress Gutenberg Block Editor](https://ahmadawais.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WordPress-Gutenberg-Block-Editor.jpg)](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg)

*   ✍️  New [Gutenberg Editor](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg) is now the default editor for WordPress
*   📖  WordPress Gutenberg [Designers / Developers Handbook](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/designers-developers/)
*   🤔  You can still use the [Classic Editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/) by installing this plugin
*   🗄️  Go ahead and learn more about [Block Editor Filters](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/10/30/block-editor-filters/)
*   🗃️  Read about Gutenberg [Meta Box Compatibility Flags](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/11/07/meta-box-compatibility-flags/)
*   ⛑️  New in town [JavaScript i18n support in WordPress 5.0](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/11/09/new-javascript-i18n-support-in-wordpress/)
*   🏯 Yes, WP [5.0: JavaScript language packs are here 🎉](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/11/09/5-0-javascript-language-packs-are-here-%f0%9f%8e%89/) 

> 📦 This time around, I am super proud to share that one of my biggest contributions to the WordPress community, that’s related to Gutenberg editor, is the **[create-guten-block](https://github.com/ahmadawais/create-guten-block)** toolkit.

> It’s a developer tooling that helps you get started with building Gutenberg blocks, without any configurations. The last I checked, **eight out of every ten Gutenberg plugins on WP.org are built with this CGB toolkit**. Check it out, and [give it a star](https://github.com/ahmadawais/create-guten-block).

…and we got a new default theme. This one is pretty darn good! 👍

[![Twenty Nineteen Wp Theme](https://ahmadawais.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Twenty-Nineteen-WP-Theme.jpg)](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentynineteen/)

*   🎭  New default theme: [Introducing Twenty Nineteen](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/10/16/introducing-twenty-nineteen/)
*   🎨  Check the [Block Editor Support in Existing Default Themes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/06/block-editor-support-in-existing-default-themes/)
*   🖼️  Lots changed in [Media 5.0 Guide](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/06/media-5-0-guide/)
*   🎟️  Yes, we have [New Post Type Labels in 5.0](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/05/new-post-type-labels-in-5-0/)
*   🤖  A handful of new endpoints for [the REST API in WordPress 5.0](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/06/the-rest-api-in-wordpress-5-0/)
*   🎯  [Field Guide](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/06/wordpress-5-0-field-guide/): Over 26 bugs, 8 enhancements, 2 feature requests, and 6 blessed tasks have been [marked as fixed in WordPress 5.0](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?keywords=~fixed-5.0&milestone=5.0&group=component&col=id&col=summary&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=component&col=version&order=priority)

That’s pretty much about it. I’ll soon be recording a video on this release that I’ll update this post with. Feel free to [subscribe here](https://AhmadAwais.com/subscribe) and especially on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/AhmadAwais).

## 👏 Thank You, Everyone!

WordPress 5.0 release was no easy feat. Thanks a lot to everyone who participated, helped, contributed, and made an effort to remove all the negativity and #WPDrama around Gutenberg and whatnot.

Remember that in open source communities empathy, appreciation, sponsorship, and willingness to actually be open to new ideas is a rare sight. You can play your part well. Reach out and do all of this. Be awesome!

Use your code for good, peace!

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