Canvas — planning documents

The two source-of-truth documents for Gillish Canvas.

Canvas is a modular WordPress block plugin: a curated block library, a Gutenberg-native way to build new blocks, universal Conditional Content that gates any block on visitor signals, and first-class block import/export. These two documents describe the product vision and the implementation roadmap.

Status: pre-launch, development mode Phase 1 demolition shipped 2026-05-11 v3.0.0 reserved for wp.org launch

Capability map

Product brief

Full picture of what Canvas is: identity, the four differentiators, Conditional Content as a universal capability, the CPT-based block builder, the 100-block library catalogue, AI integration via the WordPress Abilities API + MCP, performance philosophy, free/paid model, EU Cyber Resilience Act readiness.

Read the product brief
Implementation roadmap

Foundation plan

Phase-by-phase plan from demolition (Phase 1, shipped) to Block Bindings (Phase 17) and License plumbing (Phase 18 — always the last phase by convention). Each phase declares its concrete deliverable, end state, and verification.

Read the foundation plan