Themes

Last Thursday, Automattic announced its new Spearhead theme to WordPress.com users, which primarily focuses on podcasters. However, the team has … Continue reading Automattic Releases Spearhead, a Seedlet Child Theme Aimed at Podcasters and Content Creators →

Last Friday, Themes Team representative Carolina Nymark announced the Twenty Twenty-One Blocks theme project. It is a block-based version of … Continue reading Twenty Twenty-One Blocks Theme Launching as a Separate Project →

It is no secret that I think the future of theming with WordPress is bright, that the Gutenberg project will … Continue reading Carrd-Like Theme Experiment Provides a Glimpse Into the Future of Theming →

WordPress 5.6 is set to include a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-One, designed to give users a blank canvas for … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Explore Adding Dark Mode Support to Upcoming Twenty Twenty-One Theme via a Plugin →

Themes Team representative Ari Stathopoulos is now officially the first theme author to have a theme in the directory that … Continue reading Q: First FSE WordPress Theme Now Live →

Mel Choyce-Dwan, the Default Theme Design Lead for WordPress 5.6, kick-started 10 tickets around two months ago that would bring … Continue reading Past Twenty* WordPress Themes To Get New Block Patterns →

Starter content. It was a grand idea, one of those big dreams of WordPress. It was the new kid on … Continue reading The Future of Starter Content: WordPress Themes Need a Modern Onboarding and Importing Tool →

The new block-based navigation screen is once again delayed after it was originally slated for WordPress 5.5 and then put … Continue reading Navigation Screen Sidelined for WordPress 5.6, Full-Site Editing Edges Closer to Public Beta →

Gutenberg 9.1 made a backward-incompatible change to its theme.json file (experimental-theme.json while full-site editing is under the experimental flag). This … Continue reading Kick off Block-Based WordPress Theme Development With the Theme.json Creator →

Fashion is ephemeral. Art is eternal. Indeed what is a fashion really? A fashion is merely a form of ugliness … Continue reading First Look at Twenty Twenty-One, WordPress’s Upcoming Default Theme →

In August, following the suspension of the popular Astra theme, WordPress Meta contributors opened a ticket to add a new … Continue reading WordPress Themes Directory Adds New “Delist” Status for Non-Compliant Themes →