From the moment I opened my first theme shop back in 2008 to the present day as someone who merely tinkers, my plan has always been to build a single theme in the mold of CSS Zen Garden. This was a…

One of the best features of WordPress Full Site Editing (FSE) is the theme.json file. It can be used to easily add styles to your […]

In the lingo of the WordPress block editor, presets are the set of values that are shown to users in different style categories: colors, duotone values, font sizes, gradients. Presets are an import…

Course Content Expand All Introduction Welcome & How to use the course What is full site editing? Preparations All about blocks Bonus -How to stay up to date Block grammar basics Block attributes New full site editing blocks Custom block styles Experimental: Introduction to block… Continue reading Full site editing for theme developers

Themes with block editor styles on WordPress.org. With full-site editing just around the bend, it is a fair question to ask whether the WordPress ecosystem is prepared for such a transition, partic…

Book sales section from a custom theme. It was about a year ago. I was happily designing a theme for aspiring novelists. I wanted to get ahead of the competition and market a theme specifically to …

Explore how Gutenberg block patterns will level-up the WordPress site building experience.

WordPress 5.4 lets your theme use gradients as backgrounds in Cover and Buttons blocks, courtesy of some new theme APIs. You’ll notice they parallel the approaches of the colors and fonts API…

With some careful planning, I think we could safely introduce block dependencies into themes. Here's what I'm thinking.

Gutenberg theme for WordPress. Contribute to melchoyce/johannes development by creating an account on GitHub.

Gutenberg editor was set-out to get rid of the “mystery meat” people had to learn over the years to find the right places to add or change content on their WordPress sites. Phase 1:&nbs…

A detailed walkthrough of how I develop custom WordPress themes, including custom blocks, archive pages, and modular templates.

Many Block Editor Add-On plugins and Block Editor friendly Themes are fully supported and integrated in Toolbar Extras once they are installed and activated.

WordPress starter themes provide a solid foundation for building your own custom WordPress themes. In this article, I share my two Gutenberg-optimized starter themes. What is a starter theme A…

Exploring ideas about the evolution of layout and presentation in a post-Gutenberg world

Every block type in the WordPress editor can have multiple style options. I'll show you how to add and remove style options from blocks.

The new Blocks include baseline support in all themes, enhancements to opt-in to and the ability to extend and customize. There are a few new concepts to consider when building themes: Editor Color…

When building themes with custom styles for Gutenberg blocks you need to make sure those styles match in the editor as well.

Before WordPress 5.0 arrived I came across a few premium WordPress themes already advertising that they were ‘Gutenberg-ready’ or ‘Gutenberg-compatible’. Huh. But how could a theme not be compatible with… Read more

Twenty Nineteen is the brand new WordPress 5.0 default theme and it's all about Gutenberg. Check out what's new in theme development with Gutenberg.

Block templates are one of my favorite new features in Gutenberg. You can specify a list of blocks that automatically appear in the content editor, customize their attributes, and lock the template.

If you're building custom themes for clients, you should be adding Gutenberg support right now! Make sure your client's transition to the new editor is as seamless as possible.

This is a list of the best Gutenberg-compatible themes for WordPress in the market right now. These themes can be used for multiple purposes.

If your site is hosted on WordPress.com and you are trying out the new Gutenberg editor, there are currently 24 themes with full Gutenberg support available and more on the way. In response to ques…

Astra, a free theme that has steadily been growing in popularity, is now fully compatible with Gutenberg. The theme was first released in May 2017 and has more than 100,000 active installations. It…

Twenty Nineteen is the brand new WordPress 5.0 default theme and it's all about Gutenberg. Check out what's new in theme development with Gutenberg.

WP Engine welcomes Array Themes and associated Atomic Blocks to the family. Atomic Blocks is the most downloaded library of beautiful blocks for Gutenberg.

After WP Engine acquired StudioPress in June, the company began investing in expanding the Genesis team. WP Engine is hiring new people to work on the framework and expand support and community act…

WordPress theme developers are starting to advertise their themes as being compatible with Gutenberg, ahead of the new editor’s imminent merge into core. Work on the 5.0 release may be rampin…

A comprehensive guide to creating theme color palettes. Learn more about styling themes for the new Gutenberg block editor in WordPress.