{"id":457,"date":"2026-02-06T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xn--mnchen-3ya.xyz\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/gutenberg-times-block-themes-icon-block-and-ai-weekend-edition-356\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:27:00","slug":"gutenberg-times-block-themes-icon-block-and-ai-weekend-edition-356","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xn--mnchen-3ya.xyz\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/gutenberg-times-block-themes-icon-block-and-ai-weekend-edition-356\/","title":{"rendered":"Gutenberg Times: Block Themes, Icon Block and AI \u2013Weekend Edition #356"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi there,<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI is on my mind a lot these days. It speeds up my life when I research or analyze content, tools and technology. Even more so when working on workflow automation. This week saw an \u201cexplosion of visible AI progress in the WordPress project\u201d as James LePage calls it. And on my travel through the feeds Block Themes and theme.json appeared as an important topic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are less than two weeks and one Gutenberg release away from WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 release on February 19th. WordPress 6.9.1 and Gutenberg 22.5 were released..<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You all have a wonderful weekend! <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yours, <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc95\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f495.png\" \/><br \/><em>Birgit<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing Gutenberg and WordPress<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As mentioned last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/02\/wordpress-6-9-1-maintenance-release\/\"><strong>WordPress 6.9.1 Maintenance Release<\/strong><\/a> shipped on Tuesday with 49 bugs fixed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?resolution=fixed&amp;milestone=6.9.1&amp;group=component&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=status&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">throughout Core<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull\/74806\">the Block Editor<\/a>. If your site has automatic minor updates enabled you should have it by now. Otherwise you definitely should make it a point to update manually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rae Morey<\/strong>, editor of The Repository, has the skinny for you in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therepository.email\/wordpress-6-9-1-released-with-fixes-for-49-bugs-in-core-and-block-editor\">WordPress 6.9.1 Released <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/02\/wordpress-6-9-1-maintenance-release\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44279\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WordPress-6.9.1.jpg?resize=652%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gutenberg 22.5<\/strong> was also released. My post on the Make blog gives you <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/02\/04\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-5-04-february\/\">What\u2019s new in Gutenberg 22.5? (04 February)<\/a>.<\/strong> The highlights: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/02\/04\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-5-04-february\/#custom-css-support-for-individual-blocks\">Custom CSS Support for Individual Blocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/02\/04\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-5-04-february\/#image-block-aspect-ratio-control-for-wide-and-full-alignment\">Image Block: Aspect Ratio Control for Wide and Full Alignment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/02\/04\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-5-04-february\/#list-view-improvements\">List View Improvements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/02\/04\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-5-04-february\/#other-notable-highlights\">Other Notable Highlights<\/a>, among those, Text-columns support and focal point for fixed Cover background images. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Advanced sidebar section to add Custom CSS on the block level. \" class=\"wp-image-44286\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gb-22-5-custom-css.png?resize=652%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" \/><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/64308\">trac ticket<\/a>, <strong>Fabian K\u00e4gy<\/strong> proposed a <strong>\u201ccoat-of-paint\u201d visual reskin of the WordPress admin<\/strong> for the 7.0 release. The goal is to modernize wp-admin\u2019s appearance. It aims to reduce inconsistencies between older screens and the block editor. All elements should align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/community\/file\/1436359662053949167\/wordpress-design-system\"><em>WordPress Design System<\/em><\/a>. K\u00e4gy has broken the work into focused sub-tickets covering color variables, buttons, inputs, notices, typography, spacing, and the admin frame. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/?blueprint-url=https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/fabiankaegy\/wp-admin-redesign-exploration\/main\/_playground\/blueprint.json\">test early explorations<\/a> via WordPress Playground. A new <code>wp-base-styles<\/code> handle has already landed to share admin color scheme CSS variables across core. Your feedback would be appreciated. 12 days before WordPress 7.0 beta, it\u2019s not clear that it makes it into the next WordPress version. K\u00e4gy also mentioned that he is working with <strong>Tammie Lister<\/strong> on a post on the Make Core blog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf99\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f399.png\" \/> The latest episode is <a href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/podcast\/gutenberg-changelog-125-wordpress-6-9-gutenberg-22-1-and-gutenberg-22-2\/\">Gutenberg Changelog #125 \u2013 WordPress 6.9, Gutenberg 22.1 and Gutenberg 22.2<\/a> with <strong>JC Palmes<\/strong>, WebDev Studios<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-no-vertical-margin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gutenberg Changelog 125 with JC Palmes and host Birgit Pauli-Haack\" class=\"wp-image-43283\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-28-at-18.19.29.png?resize=652%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-showhide ng-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-pocket-casts wp-block-embed-pocket-casts\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Troy Chaplin<\/strong> released <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/planned-outage\/\"><strong>Planned Outage for Block Themes<\/strong><\/a>, a simple maintenance-mode plugin for block themes. You can create your maintenance page directly in the Site Editor or use a <code>maintenance.html<\/code> template in your theme. Logged-in users can still browse normally, while other visitors see a 503 error with a Retry-After header. It also allows search engine bots to keep crawling during extended outages, helping to maintain your rankings while you make updates.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Johanne Courtright<\/strong> has restructured her <strong>Groundworx Core<\/strong> product into <a href=\"https:\/\/groundworx.dev\/resources\/groundworx-core-is-now-a-bundle-and-every-plugin-is-available-separately\/\">a bundle of four focused plugins<\/a> \u2014 Query Filters, Showcase (Embla Carousels), Cards &amp; Sections, and Tabs &amp; Accordion \u2014 each now available separately. You can still buy the full bundle or grab just what you need. The core block extensions like responsive column controls and unified breakpoints have been spun off into a <em>free plugin called Foundation,<\/em> which also adds a new Gravity Forms block with proper block theme styling support.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hans-Gerd Gerhards<\/strong> released version 1.5 of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/shrinking-logo-sticky-header\/\">Dynamic Header &amp; Navigation for Block Themes<\/a>\u00a0plugin in January, fixing an annoying header flicker when scrolling back near the top of a page. You can now try the plugin instantly via a Live Preview directly from the WordPress plugin directory.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theme Development for Full Site Editing and Blocks<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mike Davey<\/strong>, senior editor at Delicious Brains, published <a href=\"https:\/\/deliciousbrains.com\/the-anatomy-of-theme-json-a-developers-cheat-sheet\/\"><strong>a developer\u2019s cheat sheet to theme.json anatomy<\/strong><\/a>. You\u2019ll learn how setting the <code>$schema<\/code> property unlocks IntelliSense in VS Code. The <code>settings<\/code> section lets you lock down color pickers and font sizes to prevent design drift. The <code>styles<\/code> section replaces traditional CSS with auto-generated variables. The post also covers block-specific overrides. \u201cOnce understood, [theme.json] offers a level of granular control over what clients\u00a0<em>can<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>cannot<\/em>\u00a0do that was difficult to achieve in the classic PHP era.\u201d Davey wrote.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a side note, the post <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/07\/15-ways-to-curate-the-wordpress-editing-experience\/\">15 ways to curate the WordPress editing experience<\/a> <\/strong>by <strong>Nick Diego<\/strong> is still one of the most read articles on the WordPress Developer Blog. You\u2019ll learn how to turn off blocks, unregister variations and styles, lock down color pickers and font sizes via theme.json, restrict access to the Code Editor and Template Editor, and remove Openverse and the Block Directory. The post covers PHP filters, JavaScript techniques, and Editor settings.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to dive deeper into how to handle common theme-building problems with theme.json, here is a list of articles for your perusal from the WordPress Developer blog, mostly by <strong>Justin Tadlock. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2025\/11\/how-wordpress-6-9-gives-forms-a-theme-json-makeover\/\">How WordPress 6.9 gives forms a theme.json makeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2025\/07\/you-dont-need-theme-json-for-block-theme-styles\/\">You don\u2019t need theme.json for block theme styles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/10\/mastering-theme-json-you-might-not-need-css\/\">Mastering theme.json: You might not need CSS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2023\/08\/adding-and-using-custom-settings-in-theme-json\/\">Adding and using custom settings in theme.json<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2023\/07\/how-to-modify-theme-json-data-using-server-side-filters\/\">How to modify theme.json data using server-side filters<\/a> by Nick Diego<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2023\/05\/customizing-core-block-style-variations-via-theme-json\/\">Customizing core block style variations via theme.json<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2023\/04\/per-block-css-with-theme-json\/\">Per-block CSS with theme.json<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/12\/leveraging-theme-json-and-per-block-styles-for-more-performant-themes\/\">Leveraging theme.json and per-block styles for more performant themes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Johanne Courtright<\/strong> makes a compelling case for <a href=\"https:\/\/groundworx.dev\/resources\/why-i-choose-gutenberg-over-elementor\/\">why she chooses Gutenberg over Elementor<\/a>. She argues that Elementor became a CMS inside a CMS\u2014duplicating templates, colors, typography, and breakpoints WordPress already provides. The result? Specificity wars, inline styles, and sites that break when you deactivate the plugin. With Gutenberg and theme.json, you get one source of truth: change a spacing value once, see it everywhere. Her clients now update their own sites without calling for help.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ng-block-7286aa454f4dc910 wp-block-newsletterglue-container ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-vs ng-block-vs-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-hs ng-block-hs-1\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<div class=\"ng-block-bb2ea2ba3a6ef1cc wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKeeping up with Gutenberg \u2013 Index 2025\u201d<\/a> <\/strong><br \/>A chronological list of the WordPress Make Blog posts from various teams involved in Gutenberg development: Design, Theme Review Team, Core Editor, Core JS, Core CSS, Test, and Meta team from Jan. 2024 on. Updated by yours truly.\u2002<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-5496c1ae3067268f wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<p>The previous years are also available: <br \/><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2020\/\">2020<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2021\/\">2021<\/a><\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2022\/\">2022<\/a><\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/gutenberg-index-2023\">2023<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/gutenberg-index-2024\/\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-hs ng-block-hs-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-vs ng-block-vs-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his latest live stream, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w0lZdyXamhI\"><strong>Getting the Icon Block ready for WordPress 7.0<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Ryan Welcher<\/strong> takes you behind the scenes of contributing. He has been working on the new Icon Block for Gutenberg plugin and the next version of WordPress. He is in crunch mode to finish the new Icon Block in time. Join him to see where we\u2019re at and what needs to be done before then! You can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull\/71227\">read up about the genesis <\/a>of this block via the GitHub PR. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ai and WordPress<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jonathan Bossenger<\/strong> has published a helpful article titled <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/02\/from-abilities-to-ai-agents-introducing-the-wordpress-mcp-adapter\/\">From Abilities to AI Agents: Introducing the WordPress MCP Adapter<\/a> on the WordPress Developer blog. The WordPress MCP Adapter links the Abilities API with AI tools like Claude Desktop. In this article, you\u2019ll learn how to change abilities into MCP tools, connect using STDIO or HTTP transport, and create custom MCP servers for your plugins. It also provides easy configuration examples for each client and security tips for turning existing abilities into AI-ready APIs.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James LePage<\/strong> rounds up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/j.cv\/wp-ai-progress\/\">a remarkable burst of AI progress across the WordPress project<\/a>.<\/strong> You\u2019ll find a proposal to bring an LLM client into WordPress 7.0 core, a mature MCP adapter for building agents, the Abilities API shipping in 6.9, and a new \u201cAI Leaders\u201d micro-credential for students. There\u2019s also WP-Bench for benchmarking model performance on WordPress tasks, plus a growing AI experiments plugin nearing 1,000 commits \u2014 covering everything from Typeahead completions to content guidelines in Gutenberg.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of which, you can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/ai\/2026\/02\/03\/content-guidelines-a-gutenberg-experiment\/\"><strong>Content Guidelines: A Gutenberg Experiment<\/strong><\/a> on the Make AI Blog. In its the first version.  Lots of feedback is expected.  The goal is to give site owners a first-class place in WordPress to capture the rules and context that shape how content should be written, edited, and managed on their site. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WordPress project now has an official <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/agent-skills\">Agent Skills repository<\/a> <\/strong>designed to teach AI coding assistants like Claude, Copilot, and Codex how to build WordPress properly. You\u2019ll find portable bundles of instructions, checklists, and scripts covering block development, block themes, the REST API, Interactivity API, Abilities API, performance, and more. Skills install globally or per-project, helping AI assistants avoid outdated patterns and follow current best practices \u2014 contributions are welcome, mostly in Markdown.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jeff Paul <\/strong>published a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/ai\/2026\/02\/04\/call-for-testing-exploring-new-ai-experiments\/\">call for testing to  explore new AI experiments<\/a> you can try right now via WordPress Playground.  The experiments are<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Type-ahead suggestions while writing, <\/li>\n<li>AI-assisted comment moderation, <\/li>\n<li>Markdown feeds for agent consumption, <\/li>\n<li>extended provider options, <\/li>\n<li>an AI Playground for testing prompts, <\/li>\n<li>MCP integration, and <\/li>\n<li>request logging for debugging and cost tracking. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The instructions are quite detailed to follow along. The ask is feedback on UX, usefulness, and flow.  Jump in and share your impressions on the post or the PRs links with each experiment. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<div class=\"ng-block-51e4ebecea825f7a wp-block-newsletterglue-container ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-vs ng-block-vs-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-hs ng-block-hs-1\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<div class=\"ng-block-10d95da5ad5531d9 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/need-a-zip-from-master\/\">Need a plugin .zip from Gutenberg\u2019s master branch?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Gutenberg Times provides daily build for testing and review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-40515618be5c7b1b wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block size-full is-resized\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"ng-block-td\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/?blueprint-url=https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/playnightly.json\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42874 ng-image\" height=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-12.06.44.png?resize=196%2C45&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-c8b8269c976342da wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<p>Now also available via <a href=\"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/?blueprint-url=https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/playnightly.json\">WordPress Playground<\/a>. There is no need for a test site locally or on a server. Have you been using it? <a href=\"mailto:pauli@gutenbergtimes.com\">Email me <\/a>with your experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-hs ng-block-hs-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-block-vs ng-block-vs-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Questions? Suggestions? Ideas? <\/em><br \/><em>Don\u2019t hesitate to send <a href=\"mailto:pauli@gutenbergtimes.com\">them via email<\/a> or<\/em><br \/><em> send me a message on WordPress Slack or Twitter @bph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For questions to be answered on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/podcast\">Gutenberg Changelog<\/a>, <br \/>send them to <a href=\"mailto:changelog@gutenbergtimes.com\">changelog@gutenbergtimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ng-block-fc0f2435f3b991a1 wp-block-newsletterglue-separator ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-showhide ng-block\">\n<div class=\"ng-block-bf2f662fc07eceff wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"none\" class=\"ng-block-td\">\n<p><strong>Featured Image: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, AI is on my mind a lot these days. It speeds up my life when I research or analyze content, tools and technology. Even more so when working on workflow automation. This week saw an \u201cexplosion of visible AI progress in the WordPress project\u201d as James LePage calls it. 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