Feature Request – Gutenberg Blocks as Editor

[michael.kindred]

Hi Team,

I couldn’t see where to add feature requests. but has there been any thoughts about utilising the native Gutenberg Blocks / Editor to compose newsletters in the future? i.e. support for the core blocks & columns?

Regards,
Michael

[Stefano]

Hi, we evaluated it initially, but Gutenberg was continuously evolving and changing. Anyway, the real problem is this: blocks designed for web pages do not work on emails. Emails need a lot of tables the keep the formatting on every email client, so using Gutenberg means reprocessing all blocks to make the email-ready (if possible, I don’t know).
Not only: all the custom blocks from themes and plugins won’t work on email clients (structure, missing CSS, and so on)… it would be a disaster 🙂

[Stefano]

A note: it could be possible to use the Gutenberg technology and activate specific customized blocks yo build a newsletter (another known plugin seems to work this way ;-).

[michael.kindred]

I suppose the biggest request, would be to have the ability to a column blocks, supporting all custom Gutenberg blocks would definitely never be possible, but the native ones could possibly.

[Stefano]

The native ones can generate complex HTML, without online styles (Gutenberg has tons of styles for its native blocks). I think it would be an incredible effort and, the main problem is the maintenance. 🙁

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