Themes

It was the early days of the Gutenberg project. Many on the Theme Review Team and those in design circles … Continue reading Full Page Patterns Are Still the Missing Piece of Block WordPress Theme Development →

WordPress 5.8 introduced an opt-in system for themes to configure block settings, styles, templates, and more. It is done through … Continue reading Open Survey for WordPress Theme Authors on JSON Files and Block Themes →

Earlier this month, TeslaThemes announced that it was rebranding to WPRealEstate. The company wanted to focus its efforts on a … Continue reading TeslaThemes Rebrands, Shifts Focus to Real Estate Market →

“The way that themes have evolved within WordPress has made creating them easier,” wrote Tammie Lister in the opening line … Continue reading Theme Creation Will Be Easier, But We Are Not There Yet →

The WordPress.org Themes Team announced an open discussion and date for a Zoom meeting with theme authors. The team is … Continue reading Next Phase of the WordPress Theme Review Overhaul: Open Meeting and Call for Feedback →

It is hard to believe that it was over a year ago — March 23, 2020, to be exact — … Continue reading Block Patterns Will Change Everything, Part 2: Headers and Footers →

Round #8 of the Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach Program began yesterday. Instead of the user-centric call for testing features … Continue reading FSE Outreach Round #8: A Developer-Centric Call for Testing Theme JSON Configuration →

Earlier today, Ana Segota tweeted and announced via the Anariel Design blog that her company had submitted its second block-based … Continue reading Clove: A Showcase of Block Patterns by Anariel Design →

For many years, I was a hardcore advocate of separating any non-design functionality from themes into their own plugins. I … Continue reading WordPress Theme Lock-In, Silos, and the Block System →

What began as a project in August 2020 has now become a reality. All past Twenty* default WordPress themes now … Continue reading A Throwback to the Past: Refreshing Old Twenty* WordPress Themes With Block Patterns →

Automattic released its second block theme to the WordPress theme directory last week. Mayland Blocks is geared toward photographers and … Continue reading Automattic Launches Mayland Blocks, Its Second FSE Theme on WordPress.org →

Last week, Dumitru Brînzan announced Nutmeg Plus. It is the latest commercial theme offering through his ILOVEWP brand. Earlier today, … Continue reading Spice Up Your Food or Recipe Blog With the Nutmeg WordPress Theme →