Gutenberg 1.5 has included some long-awaited meta boxes support, improvements in the writing flow with tweaks to block navigation, added the ability to insert blocks between other blocks, and more. The new update has also made Gutenberg the editor if you have the plugin activated.. The version of Gutenberg Editor has added initial support for meta boxes in Extended Settings panel beneath the post content. Extended Settings panel will reveal the toggles for plugins that have meta box settings available.. Tammie Lister, Gutenberg design lead said that this was the first step towards supporting the meta boxes and there would be iterations to follow. Matias Ventura, Gutenberg engineer has demonstrated with animated gif in the release post. gutenberg-insert-between gutenberg-insert-between. Classic Editor, new plugin for those who want to completely disable Gutenberg editor is now available on WordPress plugin repository. With the two modes given to the users, they can choose whether to replace Gutenberg editor or allow access to both the old and the new editors.. By the core contributors if you want to turn, Classic Editor is the official plugin recommended Gutenberg off.. Tammie Lister said, The plan is to still have the plugin ready by December, and with holidays the actual merge proposal might be next year..
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