Please note that this blog post has not been updated since 2021 and does not reflect how child themes work today. Read the new child themes lesson, published on February 18, 2023 This post reflects on the state of child themes in WordPress 5.8 in August 2021, where I walk you through some experiments I…

Twenty Twenty-One My days have been fully dedicated to the next default theme Twenty Twenty-One. Managing issues and pull requests, testing, solving problems and participating in discussions and meetings. Beta 3 of the WordPress 5.6 release cycle is tomorrow, and focus will be on bringing back the dark mode functionality to Twenty Twenty-One so that…

This is a follow up to the previous post where I wrote about the new settings in the experimental theme json file. In this blog post on WordPress.org, Ari Stathopoulos introduces the new custom property. He also shows us how to use the font size settings and a custom variable to create a typography scale.

In Gutenberg version 9.1, the structure of the experimental-theme.json file is being changed. Jump straight to the details on Github The JSON is still separated in two scopes (contexts), global and block type. What was previously two different objects, presets and features, are now bundled together inside settings. Styles remain unchanged. In your existing JSON…

I have created an auto complete snippet for VS Code that outputs the block grammar/markup for 52 blocks. VS Code users can enable the snippet, and simply type group to add the markup for a group block. Start typing para… for the option to add the paragraph block, and so on. The snippets work in…

Beta 1 panic mode? We are getting closer to WordPress 5.5 Beta 1 that will include Gutenberg versions 7.6 – 8.5. Right now, work is being done to decide which of the block patterns that will be added to WordPress core: #23608 It looks like the testimonial, features and services and the numbered features blocks…

This past week I have not found the time to blog to keep you up to date about the course progress. There are both positive reasons: -I currently have two client projects to complete -these are the first payed projects I have had in months so I am very happy and relieved about that. -I’ve…

I am working hard to put more content for you on the site. Here is what I have been working on the last 3 days: Moving course material and examples to Github, and doing bug fixes for the block reference and the site in general. A lot of testing of Global styles: The concept is…

First I want to thank Justin and WordPress Tavern for this article and for asking great questions! Today I have been testing RC-1 of Gutenberg 8.3. I am hoping that I can finally publish the first lesson about the site editor. –But to be honest, there isn’t a great deal to show you yet because…

Just a short Sunday update, because I wanted to check what progress has been made this week and during the contributor day. The site editor bug- Since 8.2 there has been a PHP notice in the site editor when you enable a full site editing theme. The bug has been localized, and there is a…

Here is a quick update from me about the full site editing course. Thank you all for the encouraging comments and feedback about the course so far! I have not been able to reply to everyone, but I am not ignoring you, I am doing my best to make time for everyone. 🙂 Today is…

Hi everyone! For the past week I have been writing, recording and editing a new course about full site editing and block based themes. I have never created a complete course before so I am super excited and a little nervous. Will my voice last? Will the course material be easy to understand and follow?…