Themes

Automation. It is one of those dreams in the minds of many reviewers from the Themes Team. If there was … Continue reading Call for Feedback on Theme Review Action, a New Automated WordPress Theme Testing Project →

The WordPress.org theme directory is becoming little more than a crippleware distributor. I suppose it was inevitable given its reach, … Continue reading Upsells, Barriers, and the End/Beginning of the Quality $free Themes Era →

On Monday, Automattic announced its Blank Canvas theme on WordPress.com. The goal is to allow end-users to build single-page websites, … Continue reading Automattic Launches the Blank Canvas WordPress Theme for Building Single-Page Websites →

Around 2010, child theming had finally caught its stride. Bigger theme shops were starting to take note, and some were … Continue reading A Multi-Theme System, the Decade-Long Wait for Grandchild Themes, and Themeless Templates →

I would like to ask, what is the best way to learn to create WordPress themes from scratch? I would … Continue reading Ask the Bartender: How to Build WordPress Themes from Scratch? →

Twenty Twenty-One Blocks, now renamed to TT1 Blocks, is inching its way toward the WordPress theme directory. Kjell Reigstad mentioned … Continue reading Blocked-Based Version of Twenty Twenty-One Nearing Readiness for the Theme Directory →

Ten years ago, a potential WordPress theme buyer might stumble upon a site like ThemeForest. The themes on the site … Continue reading Block System Will Create More Commercial Opportunities for WordPress Theme Authors →

As we inch closer to a year in which WordPress’s primary focus will be on Full Site Editing, it is … Continue reading Armando WordPress Theme Provides Insight Into the Current State of Full Site Editing →

Kjell Reigstad announced the Photo Blocks theme on December 9. It is a part of an ongoing set of experimental … Continue reading Exploring Photo Blocks, an Experimental FSE-Ready Photoblogging Theme →

Block-based themes are not complicated. Their structure is almost simple enough that developers are unlikely to need a tool to … Continue reading Jump Start Block-Based Theme Development With the FSE Theme Generator →

Fränk Klein, a Principal Engineer at Human Made, is now the second theme developer to release a block-based theme to … Continue reading Block-Based Bosco, Second Full-Site Editing Theme Lands in the WordPress Directory →

On November 11, StudioPress announced an open beta for its Genesis Block Theme. This is a pivotal moment, or at … Continue reading Genesis Block Theme Beta, StudioPress Pursuing a Block-First Future →