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How to add typographic fonts to WordPress block themes

How to add typographic fonts to WordPress block themes

Matias, Posted on November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

The easy and compliant way that every theme developer should know. TL;DR: Use the Create Block Theme plugin to bundle fonts in your theme with … Continue reading “How to add typographic fonts to WordPress block themes”

Block Theme Building Tips

Ben Dwyer, Posted on February 28, 2022

When building block themes there is often more than one way to achieve the same thing. It’s often not clear which of these options is … Continue reading “Block Theme Building Tips”

Create A Blockbase Child Theme

Ben Dwyer, Posted on November 17, 2021November 24, 2021

We have been working on a plugin to help you create a Blockbase child theme. The idea is that you can use the existing tools … Continue reading “Create A Blockbase Child Theme”

Universal Themes

Ben Dwyer, Posted on October 6, 2021

Since our last post about Universal Themes we have fleshed out this idea and are using it to build all our themes. The Problem WordPress … Continue reading “Universal Themes”

Resources for block theme development

Resources for block theme development

Anne McCarthy, Posted on July 13, 2021October 6, 2021

With WordPress 5.8 launching on July 20th, it seems like a great time to round up some resources to help theme authors prepare for the … Continue reading “Resources for block theme development”

Universal Themes: Customization

Universal Themes: Customization

Ben Dwyer, Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Making Global Styles and the Customizer work together

Theme patterns for the Site Editor

Theme patterns for the Site Editor

Kjell Reigstad, Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Learn how to use Template Part and Query Loop patterns to provide users with more design options.

Universal themes: Some ideas

Ben Dwyer, Posted on June 23, 2021July 12, 2021

With the Full Site Editing project well underway, theme developers need to be thinking about what the future holds for themes.  Why block themes? To … Continue reading “Universal themes: Some ideas”

Using Blockbase for a theme experiment

Using Blockbase for a theme experiment

Kjell Reigstad, Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

A glitchy theme, built with Blockbase.

Blockbase: A parent theme for block themes

Blockbase: A parent theme for block themes

Ben Dwyer, Posted on May 27, 2021July 12, 2021

Phase 2 of Gutenberg introduces Full Site Editing to WordPress; to make this possible, we need a new way of building themes – using blocks. … Continue reading “Blockbase: A parent theme for block themes”

Getting Started with Block Themes: Patterns

Getting Started with Block Themes: Patterns

Jack Lenox, Posted on January 11, 2021

Block Patterns, or simply patterns, enable theme developers to create custom blocks that are compositions of blocks provided by the standard block library, and if … Continue reading “Getting Started with Block Themes: Patterns”

Getting Started with Block Themes: Global Styles

Getting Started with Block Themes: Global Styles

Jason Crist, Posted on January 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Global Styles is a new mechanism for a theme to define a site’s styles. An important goal of Global Styles is to make it easier … Continue reading “Getting Started with Block Themes: Global Styles”

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