Post Status Excerpt — Should WordPress Adopt The Block Protocol?

"It is now time for the community to weigh in and decide whether WordPress should stop and refuel in this new port." —Leonardo Losoviz In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with Leonardo Losoviz about The Block Protocol and why it might benefit WordPress to adopt it and allow more of the web to share and reuse blocks. Matt Mullenweg has expressed interest in taking this path. Why This Is Important: Gutenberg, according to Matt, is "bigger than WordPress,", especially in the context of the Open Web. The Block Protocol is a way to create and share content across WordPress, half-WordPress, and non-WordPress sites, which supports the project's mission to democratize publishing. Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡ You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧 🔗 Mentioned in the show: Implications Of WordPress Joining The Block Protocol Making The Web Better With Blocks The Block Protocol Matt Mullenweg on Twitter Leonardo Losoviz (Twitter) David Bisset (Twitter) Post Status (Twitter) 🙏 Sponsor: Rocketgenius Gravity Forms is a powerful form builder for WordPress and the #1 choice for businesses and web professionals across the globe. Its vast array of features, intuitive drag-and-drop form editor, and extensive ecosystem of add-ons, ensure customers can design beautiful, intelligent, and accessible forms for any project requirement.