‘Block Themes’ Videos

  • Builder basics: let’s build a custom theme (no coding required) – part 2

    Speaker: Nick Diego

    August 2, 2022 — Welcome to Part 2 where we will revisit building a custom WordPress theme without the need for any coding. This workshop will follow the previous session with more time for questions. We will also explore the new Create Block Theme plugin.

    During the session, we will take the Twenty Twenty-Two theme and fully customize it using the Site Editor and Global Styles. This will include template changes, updates to the theme color palette, layout, and more. You will then learn how to export these changes into a complete custom theme. While this functionality is still under development, it’s incredible how close we are to low-code/no-code theme development in WordPress!

  • Builder basics: let’s build a custom theme (no coding required) – part 1

    Speaker: Nick Diego

    June 16, 2022 — WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” was just released, and with it came many enhancements to the Site Editor and other Full Site Editing Features. One of the most exciting is the ability to export a complete theme from the Site Editor.

    In this Social Learning Space, we will take the Twenty Twenty-Two theme and fully customize it using the Site Editor and Global Styles. This will include template changes, updates to the theme color palette, layout, and more. You will then learn how to export these changes into a complete custom theme. While this functionality is still under development, it’s incredible how close we are to low-code/no-code theme development in WordPress!

  • Alfredo Navas: Full Site Editing y temas basados en bloques

    WordCamp Nicaragua 2021Speaker: Alfredo Navas

    October 10, 2021 — Que es el Full Site Editing, que es un Tema basado en bloques, como funciona el nuevo editor y que hace el theme.json.

  • Daisy Olsen: Anatomy of a block theme for Full Site Editing

    WordCamp Northeast Ohio 2021Speaker: Daisy Olsen

    May 27, 2021 — This talk shares the current status of Full Site Editing development. It provides a look behind the scenes at some themes created as early examples for theming WordPress with Full Site Editing. The session covers Templates, Template Parts, experimental-theme.json and more.

  • Themes of the future: the new frontier of Gutenberg block-based themes and theme development

    WordCamp San Antonio 2020Speaker: Eileen Violini

    January 21, 2021 — In the WordPress post Gutenberg world there are fundamental shifts in both user and development workflows, and moving forward that means how we develop themes for will also change. Let’s look at the current status of theme development, how you can get started taking advantage of the core editor right and how we can begin building themes for the future. Specifically, we’ll cover: • How to modify existing themes to take full advantage of the new editor and blocks. • Adding Theme Supports and Block templates to existing themes • What’s the difference between Block Enabled and Block Based Themes • Upcoming enhancements for Full Site Editing and Global Styles and how this will affect theme development.