A few weeks ago, I tweeted, "Really (really) looking forward to the #WordPress 5.8 release. In fact, I have never been this anxious about an update."

While I look forward to working with the new blocks (site logo, site title, site tagline, etc), I am really excited about the block-based widgets screen I understand that it is merely a stepping stone for users/theme developers right now, it still is extremely useful for certain use cases.

Using sidebars/widget areas to display/output footer widgets has always been such a clunky experience. I know this because of the years I spent at StudioPress, we had to be creative in how we chose to use them.

Now, we can register one widget area and let blocks/columns do their thing. Such a simple, yet beautiful, way to move things forward.