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The release of WordPress 5 and the new Gutenberg editor are just around the corner, and Gutenberg developers still have not tackled a serious design issue with the current Gutenberg notification system — notices in Gutenberg are being displayed over the content area, forcing users to dismiss notifications to gain access to their content — and in some cases, where several non-dismissible notices are displayed, users may not have access to the content area at all.
The notification system in the current version of WordPress is nothing fancy — and can feel a bit intrusive when several notices are displayed at once — but it’s a lot more flexible and functional than the proposed Gutenberg notification system. :-) As an example, here are some typical SSO (Social and Search Optimization) notifications when editing a test post in the current version of WordPress, in the Gutenberg editor, and with the upcoming release of WPSSO Core v4.2.0 that moves SSO notices into the admin toolbar.
![](https://wpsso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wpsso-notices-wordpress-776x421.png)
![](https://wpsso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wpsso-notices-gutenberg-776x403.png)
To provide its users and customers with a better notification experience, the next release of WPSSO Core will move SSO error, warning, and information notices into the admin toolbar. The toolbar menu item will be a simple SSO icon and counter, which changes color based on the most important type of notice it contains (red for error, yellow for warning, blue for informational, and grey for 0 notices).
![](https://wpsso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wpsso-notices-toolbar-closed-776x421.png)
![](https://wpsso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wpsso-notices-toolbar-open-final-776x421.png)
Some notices may also be dismissed for a period of time (1 hour, 1 week, forever, etc.).
WPSSO Core creates complete and accurate meta tags and Schema markup for Facebook / Open Graph, Google Rich Cards / Knowledge Graph (SEO), Pinterest Rich Pins, Twitter Cards, Weibo, and more — all from your existing content. You can find out more about WPSSO Core from the plugin description page on WordPress.org.