ThemeShaper

Using Blockbase for a theme experiment

A glitchy theme, built with Blockbase.

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”

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”

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”

Full Site Editing provides a new and exciting way to build themes, compared to how we created themes in the past. If you are new … Continue reading “Getting Started with Block Themes: Templates”

The rationale With Full Site Editing on the horizon for WordPress, Theme creators need to start to learn how to make themes in a different … Continue reading “Getting Started with Block Themes”

Kjell Reigstad details how to build a single-page block-based theme.

A typography-led theme, built for the future of block-based theming.

Mel Choyce discusses and highlights GPL-compatible fonts.

Block patterns are unique, predefined combinations of blocks you can use and tweak to create stunningly designed sections of your website.

Note: The code samples here are out of date. Please be sure to check out the block editor documentation for the latest on how to … Continue reading “Exploring Global Styles”

This post outlines the steps I took to create a block-based theme version of Twenty Twenty. Thanks to Kjell Reigstad for helping develop the theme … Continue reading “Creating a Block-based Theme Using Block Templates”