Huge WordPress CHANGES coming in 2024 🔥

[@wells2671]

Thanks for the videos, Jaime. Much appreciated! I would be great to have a video listing all of the obsolete things that won't be needed once you are using a block theme. I have a site that was built in 2015 using the classic Genesis theme and a child theme. The site includes a blog and woocommerce store. It was filled with lots of plugins and widgets. It would be nice to know which type of plugin and widgets are no longer needed when switching to a block theme such as Ollie to recreate the old website.

[@EricDegaardt]

Really looking forward to the dynamic custom fields. What a blessing :) No set date for it though, right?

[@jamiewp]

Yup no date, but I'll try to get one and share it :)

[@FranciscoManuelMancera]

Perhaps March 26th, 2024. make.wordpress.org/core/2023/12/07/roadmap-to-6-5/

[@jonbloor8661]

Glad you are back and better

[@jamiewp]

thank Jon - still not 100% but getting there

[@jonbloor8661]

@@jamiewpit sounded like a rough time, and over Christmas too :(

[@jdccool]

Hmmm, "Performance". That'll be interesting. I'm presuming that could have implications for Rank Math and Yoast. Thank you for the update. WP in '24, Upward & Onward!

[@michellaigrand5767]

Good review and summary. However for me biggest news will be the arrival of displaying Custom Fields in Gutenberg. And perhaps we will see CSS Grid in the editor, but unfortunately on this subject "Grid variation for Group block" experiment has not evolved much in 2023. And perharps, negative margins if possible...

[@jamiewp]

Yup the Custom Fields news is great. Btw the Query Loop block already is built on Grid, so with a little magic you can do super cool stuff - I've used this to create a block variation in my Gutenberg Pro plugin www.pootlepress.com/gutenberg-pro/ - but if you know some css grid it's possible without a plugin.

[@adriablancafort]

Amazing progress by the WP core team as always! Every day it looks more and more promising.

[@jamiewp]

Yup 100% agree

[@martinkaspar5095]

Jamie - just another awesome video: you're indeed a blessing to the whole WordPress-community! Your videos are putting food on peoples' tables! God bless you big time!! you re just a legend, with all your channels - and your great twitter-channel as well: Keep up the great work man - God bless 😳♥♥♥ - its amazing! 🚀

[@jamiewp]

That's so kind Martin - thank you

[@timoti2]

So, finally WP gets to create and display custom fields? Something Drupal CMS offered free maybe TWO DECADES AGO? Of course I I don't suggest drupal is a viable CMS for small to medium projects in 2024 and i am truly grateful for this WP , bcos, yeah some of us have been waiting. Also thanks Jamie for explaining here how block patterns currently sync and don't sync in the here and now (never mind the future though that looks great) becos I've never been privy to that info as yet!

[@jamiewp]

thanks Tim - yup I agree re custom fields - it's a great win for WordPress

[@RecipesLive]

Excellent video. ❤ Thanks for keeping us up to date on WordPress. 😊 Have you explored KZbin podcast rss feeds? What do you think about podcasting? Could I create a live podcast and cooking video tutorial at the same time? What is the best way? All the best for 2024. Cheers Brendan 🎉

[@jamiewp]

Thanks - i haven’t tried that yet

[@CaptZenPetabyte]

It would be *great* if they would remove the database and reduce friction this way by converting to markdown files instead, that would be *universally portable* and would mean people would start using wordpress for knowledge management or 'second brain' work ... I think this would be the future for sure.

[@ivan.jeremic]

Say thank you to me, pretty sure the custom fields ui as core feature is thanks to me making pressure and sending emails for years and years.

[@WestbrookAds]

Great video! You mention that the Nav block is a weak point in terms of design and styling. Can you do a video that shows how to rev up nav blocks with CSS and how to best target different nav blocks with CSS selectors, so you can style different nav blocks in a unique manner? Working with Kadence, I find it cumbersome to add some nice CSS styling on different nav blocks...

[@jamiewp]

Great idea - are there any good examples that you can point me towards?

[@WestbrookAds]

@@jamiewp No real examples but please allow me to explain. I was using Kadence Template & Kadence Blocks to build a custom header template. The Navigation block in that header template is a Gutenberg block. I found the available Gutenberg options for styling very limited. I did indeed add some CSS styles such as background colors on hover, underline links on hover, active page link being underlined to signal what page the user is on... but I would imagine the way I got these tasks done could be done differently. Another issue was none of that CSS worked when I switched back the Kadence built in theme as the CSS classes / selectors all changes. I would love to see your take on a very stylized nav section with Gutenberg and Full Site Editing. Also, I'd like to see if you use any universal WordPress selectors for CSS that would work when switching from one theme to another or from a template to a canned header. Thanks for all you do!

[@webuyandreviewit2643]

Jamie, you know why you are going to grow and win? Because you see what others don't see. You filtered out all the noises and focus mainly on Gutenberg and show what can be done with it and that is what people are searching far. Continue and your channel will become the "GOTO" Gutenberg Channel for the Future.

[@jamiewp]

thank you so much 👍

[@jeansienkin]

I am quite excited by the WP Admin dashboard refresh!

[@jamiewp]

Yup me too

[@kaeden2088]

I can’t wait for them to add it so when you switch to mobile view you make changes based off the mobile view and it doesn’t completely change desktop view. For example, padding on mobile and be different than desktop.

[@BeatX3D]

love your wordpress videos

[@jamiewp]

thank you 🙏

[@dopetag]

Thanks for the video. I wish it happened in 2018 when they introduced gutenberg.

[@jamiewp]

Yup

[@leonardo_iann]

Collaboration is reeeally interesting!

[@jamiewp]

Yup and challenging given the nature of self hosted websites

[@hclyrics]

Holy shit, I love Matt. ✊ Support the DLF! 😆 But seriously...

[@pierres_blog]

Some good changes coming up in 2024.

[@jamiewp]

Yup its going to be an exciting year

[@Drivingralle]

Partial synced pattern are the Best Feature ever

[@jamiewp]

100% agree 🔥

[@TanveerHayat-zo6gf]

Wow thats great, on another note, can you suggest some really good block themes with great support?

[@jamiewp]

Here you go - twenty twenty four, spectra one, ollie

[@Dexter101x]

I like wordpress, but find it less malleable than creating stuff yourself, and sometimes, no matter how hard I try, the login system messes up

[@jamiewp]

The login system?

[@dueling_spectra7270]

You had to bring the cats into this....didn't you? 😆

[@jamiewp]

Always 😬

[@CarlMadsen]

I made the jump with Twenty Twenty Four and am very pleased. I'm looking forward to additional fixes, as there are still some areas that don't make sense. But the page speed now is so much better, and it's much cleaner than when I used various other plugin pagebuilders. Gutenberg for the win!

[@jamiewp]

Hi Carl - it would be great to know what doesn't make sense to you atm - it helps me create relevant content 👍

[@CarlMadsen]

@@jamiewp 1) I've got a weird situation where I can't change the submenus. 2) Command - K brings up the search bar, and I type CSS to get to CSS on the right side, but that search only works on some parts of gutenberg and not others. 3) I've done something to my default twenty twenty-four settings in the Single Post and now want to revert back to the original version but it's not obvious 4) simple lightbox seems to be less simple than before. I kind of like the "Expand on Click" option but sometimes I like the lightbox slideshow. Maybe a plugin conflict with gutenberg 5) Sometimes the design side of blocks allow rounded corners, other times they don't and I end up using CSS 6) When setting up gradients trying to use my custom palette as the range is cumbersome, I have to copy paste the hex value instead of clicking 7) I can put a name on each color of my custom pallete, but that doesn't make life easier. I should be able to use that name when applying colors. 8) gallery block is limiting and I'm considering installing a plugin, but I want to use gutenberg and twenty twenty four as close to bare bones as possible.

[@CarlMadsen]

@@jamiewp 9) formatting tables seems to be css only, not obvious

[@digwillhachi]

one day they will get round to the media library.

[@jamiewp]

fingers crossed

[@EarendilTheBlessed]

Quick question. I'm really new to WordPress editors and I've started a month ago with Elementor. I am not ready to start paying for the pro version because anyway my website is very minimal and very simple. I get from this video that Gutenberg is getting very powerful (comparable to Elementor?). I've started with Elementor because some YT video told me too, but should I get into Gutenberg instead or maybe even on top of Elementor? What's the general recommendation? Thanks.

[@NicholasZein]

Looking forward to some of those changes! (PS: You might want to check your mic volume, it was kind of muffled and low 😉)

[@jamiewp]

👍

[@CampanellaFoto]

Looking forward to a lot of these features, hopefully they have the time to come around and add some controls for responsive design and stop pushing this idea of intrinsic design which in my experience does not work.

[@jamiewp]

Yup which blocks would you focus on for this ?

[@CampanellaFoto]

@@jamiewp Ultimately it should be on everything implemented pretty much the way page builders do. However a good start point could be your various layout blocks, the site title, and tag line block, and heading block. I think that might cover the most common problem areas.

[@jamiewp]

Have you checked out fluid typography - or do you need more controls than these give you?@@CampanellaFoto

[@CampanellaFoto]

@@jamiewp Right now my experimentation with Block themes has been pretty basic. So I had not gone and tried to build my own fluid scale. However I had kind of assumed that Twenty Twenty Four was using fluid typography out the box and if it does then in my experience it is not enough.

[@aijokker]

Is there a limit on custom fields you can use on one page. For example if i have 50 characteristics of one product that i can use throughout website and in this product profile page use all 50 fields. Is this going to be hard on hosting and page response time?

[@jamiewp]

Have you looked at using a dedicated plugin for this eg woocommerce product add ons?

[@aijokker]

@@jamiewp it is not product, it was example. Lets say plant profile, any plant has many characteristics like names, botanical name, hardiness, flowering, size and much more. My question was about website performance)

[@SyreshamPBS]

I'm trying to add a random blog post to a page and I just can't see how to do it. Any nudges towards a solution greatly appreciated

[@jamiewp]

Do you want to pick it or does it have to be random ?

[@SyreshamPBS]

@@jamiewp I want a page that each time I visit it, a different blog post is displayed Thanks for replying and I'm a new subscriber trying to learn. Your videos are really great 👍👌

[@visualmodo]

Truly good content =DDD

[@jamiewp]

Thanks 🙏

[@richmaniow]

I'm still battling with editor, the only way I've found to edit the header and footer is by clicking on "Appearance" then "Editor" then "Design" then "Patterns" scroll down to "Template Parts", selecting Header or Footer, click on the header or footer block and clicking the edit Pen icon.. I feel I'm doing something wrong as it so convoluted, must be an easier way?

[@jamiewp]

Yes - check out my video coming out today on how to create a sticky header (and footer)

[@richmaniow]

@@jamiewp cheers Jamie, just the ticket 👍

[@moncholo_]

Keep going !

[@jamiewp]

👍

[@DejanBuric]

Great video, as always. Are they planning to make a Table of Content Core block?

[@jamiewp]

There is one in the Gutenberg Plugin - i believe it's planned to come in 6.5 (it's great)

[@omerta3393]

Awesome news

[@jamiewp]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@jnslzr]

thanks for your insights! Do you think these changes go well with Bricks?

[@jamiewp]

Well Bricks is completely separate so these won’t benefit Bricks users really

[@mohdom6]

what about social share buttons? is there any easy way in fse?

[@jamiewp]

Check out this great plugin by Nick Diego wordpress.org/plugins/social-sharing-block/

[@MartijnReintjes]

Thanks for the update! I'm now contemplating of migrating from Astra theme to a block theme ... and then which one? The SpectraOne or the default 2024. Any chance you have an opinion on that?

[@jamiewp]

Both Spectra and 2024 are great block themes - i would go with the one whose design appeals to you the most. I recently migrated pootlepress.com over to 2024 because I love it's clean design.

[@MartijnReintjes]

@@jamiewpany thought on one being an OS theme and the other from a company? Also taking in consideration that I won't be changing themes every year (hopefully) :)

[@CampanellaFoto]

I have been testing redesigning my website with Twenty Twenty Four and was really impressed with how quickly and well the FSE environment works. I was able to get things customized and setup very fast. The only downside with Twenty Twenty Four and the FSE environment in general is they are still reluctant to add controls for making changes based on different screen sizes (Responsive Design). So in my experience with Twenty Twenty Four if you have a heading that looks great on desktop but then find on mobile that it is too large and does not look good. There is no way to adjust just that. You have to try and find some middle ground or fall back to writing your own custom CSS, which in the world of FSE seems like a huge step backwards. So if you consider something other than Twenty Twenty Four I would look for a theme that tries to address this problem.

[@MartijnReintjes]

That's a good one to take into account! @@CampanellaFoto

[@dougscott188]

I wouldn’t do that. Maybe run it on a small site or a test site.

[@hahahap9844]

so no need to buy the css frameworks for wordpress?

[@jamiewp]

Nope - that's what themes are designed for

[@Gearyco]

Frameworks are still massively beneficial in a native WP environment.

[@jamiewp]

Details?@@Gearyco

[@user-ge1sq3nx1z]

Simple comment

[@saintpumpkin]

still no native multilanguage, EVERY cms has this feature

[@jamiewp]

That’s planned for phase 4 of the gutenberg project - likely next year I think

[@jacoplane]

@@jamiewp I feel this should be a higher priority than the collaboration feature. Many countries speak multiple languages. Sure, there's things like Polylang and WPML but then half of the plugins aren't compatible with those. How many websites actually have multiple editors that are going to be editing the same page at the same time. I feel it's a tiny tiny fraction, but a big percentage of sites need multilingual.

[@jamiewp]

Hi Idris, It's interesting to add up the active installs of the current multi-lingual plugins - im always surprised it isn't higher@@jacoplane

[@michellaigrand5767]

Matt Mullenweg explained at the WCEU Porto 2022 Q/A why Multilangage must come AFTER Collaboration @@jacoplane

[@dopetag]

Which CMS alternative can you suggest? WHat could be good options?

[@alexmorgan85]

The nav block improvements don’t go far enough to make it useful yet.

[@jamiewp]

What's missing for you atm Alex? I'll try to push this end.

[@tomxygen5963]

I think the mobile overlay should have more customization options, for example, currently it’s only a full page popup. I’d love to be able to set as a left/right slide in, just like woo mini cart, or maybe slide in from the top without covering the entire page, but just being tall enough to include all the items of the menu. also, given the possibility of freely styling the mobile overlay, it should be easy to create a mega menu, by placing any king of blocks inside the overlay. So why not enabling it on any screen width.

[@alexmorgan85]

@@tomxygen5963 Yes, it’s fundamentally still too basic. Why a mega menu is not possible without a plugin I will never understand, they’re very common nowadays.

[@alexmorgan85]

@@jamiewp Thank you.I don’t like how on mobile it’s hard to have a simple drop-down menu coming from one of the top-level menu items. Maybe I’m missing something.