Many users of Divi are already asking the question "Will Divi and Gutenberg be compatible? ». The most curious of them have already installed the test version of Gutenberg on a website using Divi and have already noticed that there was no conflict. However, the cohabitation of the two page builders was not a perfect integration model...
Edited December 6, 2018: This article was written this summer, when Gutenberg was then just a plugin. Since version 5 of WordPress that came out today, many things have changed! We are currently in Divi version 3.18 that I have tested for you. I invite you to read this article..
The developers of ElegantThemes have been working on the issue since Editor Gutengerg was officially announced to be an integral part of the future major update of WordPress.
It's been official since yesterday, with the release of the version 2.11 of the Divi Builder and Divi version 3.11 => Divi and Gutenberg are now "compatible".
Read also this article to understand the difference between Divi Builder and Divi
What is Gutenberg?
In the WordPress community, everyone has been talking about it for a while already!!!
Gutenberg is the future publisher of WordPress which will be integrated when release of version 5.0 of WordPress.
This new version of WordPress will integrate Gutenberg by default, instead of the classic editor that we all know, the TinyMCE. Gutenberg proposes a new presentation of the publishing page, whether in an article or a page. This interface uses Javascript and "block placement" to build its layout.
If you use Divi, the new editor's aspects will seem familiar to you: Gutenberg offers "blocks" while Divi offers modulesBut the system remains the same...
And if you use Divi, there's a good chance you won't find Gutengerg very User FriendlyThat's the least we can say!
If you haven't tried yet, you can already install Gutenberg which is available as a pluginFor now. Then, during the next version of WordPress, Gutenberg will be integrated into its Core. The idea is to start getting familiar with this new interface, but above all to give developers time to create addons and full of new types of blocks.
When will WordPress 5.0 come out?
Don't worry, WordPress 5.0 & Gutenberg Not going out tomorrow, but the deadline approach!!!
The team of contributors and developers of the WordPress project have been working hard for months to release a moulding with small onions! But you think this new version will incorporate a new feature and that it can be very risky!
Anyway, you still have a few months ahead of you: WordPress 5.0 should be released at the end of 2018 But nothing is yet officially announced.
Divi and Gutenberg: the before and after
This update of the Divi Builder does not seem to have changed great things and yet, if you have Gutenberg installed in parallel, you can appreciate these changes:
1 – Switching from Post Edition
The new version of Divi (and the Divi Builder) now allows you to easily switch between Gutenberg and the Divi Builder. This option, which seems to you annodine, was not available before the support of Gutenberg by Divi.
Thus, as you can switch between the classic WordPress editor and the Divi Builder, you can do the same between Divi and Gutenberg.
2 - Choose your publisher when creating posts
Here too this option was not available. Now, by clicking on the drop-down menu, the option "Divi" was added.
3 – Select Editor from Post List
When you want to edit an existing post from the list of your pages or articles, you can also choose editing with Divi.
On the mouse over the post to edit, the option « Edit with Divi Builder » Just made his appearance.
4 - Will the cohabitation between Divi and Gutenberg remain like this?
Apparently NO. This is only the first important step implemented by ElegantThemes to prepare the new version of WordPress. Besides, Nick Roach – the company leader – he himself announced:
We want you to know that this is only the first step, and we have a lot of excellent ideas on how we can better integrate the next publisher. As the new editor continues to evolve and as we approach the release of WordPress 5.0, we hope to publish additional updates that will further improve your page creation experience.
What if you don't want to use Gutenberg?
You understand, Gutenberg is currently in beta version and is not yet part of WordPress. It is only available as an autonomous plugin. If you don't want to use it now, you have nothing to do but know that when WordPress 5.0 comes out, Gutenberg will become the default editor.
If you are worried about the changes that the new version of WordPress will bring and that you are not ready to take over this new interface, you can install the plugin Classic Editor. This will allow you to keep the old WordPress publication editor.
In conclusion
Gutenberg has already caused a lot (too) of ink to sink! I have never written an article about this because I do not like predictions and as long as nothing is done, I wait to see...
I still tested Gutenberg several times and even integrated it into my training program when I trained my students in WordPress.
For almost a year, I propose to my students to discover Gutenberg so that they are not lost when WordPress 5.0 comes out... And the opinions are without appeal, Gutenberg is unanimous but in the wrong direction: no one has opted and will opt for this page builder... for now anyway!
I understand that everyone needs to modernize and that WordPress has to offer an embedded solution to create pages that are a little more complex than those created by the classic editor. I also understand that WordPress could not leave this part so crucial to third party developers, while Wix and company are already embarking on drag and drop solutions. This is normal and should be beneficial in the near future.
Still is it that with the best developers in the world the Automattic company counts, I expected much more UX tools, in drag and drop and even in Front. I guess these developments will come...
Some people are worried and even wonder about the future of societies creating themes and pages builders...
But honestly, I'm sure the thinking heads of WordPress have taken into account users but also developers of plugins and themes whose economy is based on publishing within CMS (I'm talking about Divi, Elementor, Visual Composer and company !). Not to mention all websites made by freelancers or web agencies that will not "explode" overnight...
There is a whole ecosystem that gravitates around WordPress and it would be a madness to hide...
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