Themes

After several months of discussion, WordPress.org’s Theme Review Team has decided to discontinue the Trusted Authors (TA) Program that launched … Continue reading WordPress Theme Review Team Scraps Trusted Authors Program Due to Gaming and Inconsistent Reviews →

Gatsby, the open source app and website framework based on React, celebrated the stable release of Gatsby themes by launching … Continue reading Gatsby Theme Jam Contest Inspires Two WordPress Starter Themes →

For years, the WordPress admin has become increasingly overloaded with admin notices. Some of them are giant, branded notices with … Continue reading WordPress Theme Review Team Seeks to Curb Obtrusive Admin Notices with New Requirement to Follow Core Design Patterns →

The WordPress Theme Review Team (TRT) met today and agreed to put new accessibility requirements in place for themes hosted … Continue reading WordPress Theme Review Team Initiates New Long Term Plan to Make All WordPress.org Themes Accessible →

Anders Norén has released Chaplin, his 20th free WordPress theme, designed specifically for use with the block editor. Chaplin could … Continue reading Anders Norén Releases Free Chaplin Theme Designed for Block Editor, Theme Authors Discuss Better Ways to Promote Truly Free Themes →

Two weeks ago, Justin Tadlock published a proposal on behalf of the Theme Review Team to create a set of … Continue reading The Theme Review Team Releases Two Feature Packages, an Autoloader and a Customize Section Button →

The Theme Review Team has been discussing ideas in Slack on how to solve the problem of themes in the … Continue reading Justin Tadlock Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues →

Elementor launched its Hello theme on WordPress.org this week. After just a few days in the directory, the theme already … Continue reading Elementor Launches Hello Theme on WordPress.org →

The WordPress Theme Review team has implemented a controversial change to its Trusted Authors Program that puts a hard requirement … Continue reading Theme Review Team Leadership Implements Controversial Changes to Trusted Authors Program, Requiring Theme Reviews in Exchange for Making Themes Live →

Gatsby WordPress Themes, a project launched earlier this year by a group of collaborators, has just released its second free … Continue reading Tabor Theme Now Available as a Free Gatsby Theme for WordPress →

GoDaddy has acquired CoBlocks, ThemeBeans, Block Gallery and Block Unit Tests, one of the leading Gutenberg product lines in the … Continue reading GoDaddy Acquires ThemeBeans, CoBlocks, Block Gallery, and Block Unit Tests →