Enfold 4.4.1 & Gutenberg

Are you quite certain Ismael? You say that the builder is not compatible, but yet you say we will be able to choose from the Avia builder OR Gutenberg? Can we be assured of this?

Also, what will the Enfold theme update mid-month be providing? (If one is still upcoming)
I/we await your reassuring answers.

Thank you greatly.

Hi guys

I just wanted to test (in a local environment) how far Enfold 4.5 is connected to Gutenberg.

Preconditions

• Core version: WordPress 5.0-beta1-43832
• Enfold 4.5
• No plugins installed

Result
Besides the Gutenberg editor, no avia page builder is visible at all for any pages or posts.

Questions
1) Is the only solution for now to install the “Classic Editor” plugin if I want to test Enfold 4.5 with WP 5.0?
2) Timeline: When will it be possible to test Enfold 4.5 with WP 5.0 and Gutenberg activated, so the theme page builder can be used properly?

Thanks a lot for any helpful answer and have a great day
Michael

So considering this thread is talking about 4.4.1 and Gutenberg, will Enfold 4.5 now function properly with Gutenberg? Will the Avia page builder be functional and a viable choice/option? It has been said here that “You will, however, have the option to choose between the theme’s builder or Gutenberg.” True? And I have the same questions as Michael…

Will we indeed have the option to choose between the theme’s builder (ALB) or Gutenberg? Under the current 5.0 Beta, it is gone as Michael has mentioned…

Hello Ismael. Under 4.9.8 with Gutenberg plugin running, that is true. With WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 running, that is false. Under 5.0 with Gutenberg running, the only option appears to be using the Gutenberg editor, which is horrible in it’s current form. Have you tried running Enfold on 5.0/Gutenberg to confirm this?

Hi @crtdude

I fully agree with your statement.
However, I do have one question regarding the auto update: Why do you write that auto update to WP 5.0 will cause a lot of issues? As far as I know, major updates normally have to be done manually via the dashboard. Auto update of core major relases e.g. 4.9 to 5.0 are disabled by default – no?
With minor releases you are right, e.g. 4.9.7 to 4.9.8 happens automatically if you don’t disable it beforehand.

Best and thanks for the clarification
Michael

I’ve got several sites on WP Managed Servers with GoDaddy.
My company site, for example, I just tried to upgrade to Enfold 4.5, as it says there are Gutenberg updates available according to the Change Log (line 7) but – https://datadriven.design/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/enfold-theme-update-to-4.5-not-working.mov – but got this error. What’s up with this? Please help.

Thanks

You’ll be fine at least until WP 5.0. After that, it appears many people will have a singular problem using Enfold at all…

Thank you, but where are the instructions you speak of, and how do I do this?

pauljhickey, you should follow the instructions to manually update TO 4.5. After this and once you configure the Envato API to work with their plugin you should be fine after that.

Personally, I can’t wait until this: https://imgur.com/a/llRLEKo becomes a reality with WP 5.0 too.

It will enable me to move the posts one by one to Gutenberg while always keeping the pages on Enfold’s ALB.

Do you think that eventually WP will do away with the Classic TinyMCE editor?

Hi Yigit

Thanks a lot for the update.
Is there a timeline for the new Enfold release which will be able to handle Gutenberg? I guess it will be Enfold 4.6.

Very curious when the new release is planned for.

Best,
Michael

What do you think about making the ALB smaller.

If i think about using new Wordpess and Enfold (at least with the new perfomance possibilities) everything will be getting slower and slower.

I like the Enfold Framework. But i can think, the Gutenberg System could displace my usage of enfold for future projects.
I often use Enfold just only because of the fullscreenslider, Because of the masonry function and some other galleries.