Themes

As I was perusing the latest block themes on WordPress.org, I came across a new favorite: Bai. The typography was … Continue reading The ‘Pattern’ Block and How It Fixes a Longstanding Issue With Dynamic Data in HTML Templates →

From the moment I opened my first theme shop back in 2008 to the present day as someone who merely … Continue reading Designing Block-Based WordPress Child Themes With a Single JSON File →

Should developers bundle block patterns with their themes or submit them to the WordPress.org directory? That is the question that … Continue reading Proposal for Themes To Highlight Block Patterns From the Directory →

Andrew Starr, the owner of UXL Themes, has cobbled together a new project around block patterns. His new site, aptly … Continue reading Preview WordPress Block Pattern and Theme Combinations via New Site →

When I first tried the block styles feature in WordPress, I was impressed. As a theme creator, it was a … Continue reading Should Users Be Able To Select More Than One Block Style? →

I have been secretly keeping tabs on Anders Norén over the past couple of weeks, awaiting the moment he pushed … Continue reading Tove: A Block-Based WordPress Theme by Anders Norén →

Earlier today, Dion Hulse announced the results of a six-week survey on the WordPress.org theme upload process. The goal was … Continue reading Theme Author Survey Results: Uploading via ZIP Files Preferred, SVN Access Forthcoming →

I am about a month away from my second anniversary writing for WP Tavern. There has been one project that … Continue reading A Second Look at ElmaStudio’s Aino Theme and Companion Block Plugin →

A few weeks ago, Automattic released Quadrat on the WordPress.org theme directory. It is now the company’s fourth block theme. … Continue reading Automattic Releases Quadrat, a Block-Based Podcasting WordPress Theme →

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 →