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How to add Fluid Typography to WordPress Block Themes
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Updated Nov 9, 2022
Last year I shared a piece on fluid typography, in particular on adopting a fluid type scale within WordPress block themes, using the CSS clamp() function. The method I experimented with is interesting in that it uses a type scale, then calculates the fluid type values for each font size within the theme’s theme.json file. While a bit […]
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Introducing Wei, a minimalistic block theme with gobs of creativity
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Updated Jun 30, 2022
Introducing Wei. Tell your story and share your thoughts with a minimal WordPress block theme, inspired by pure simplicity. Embracing clean type, beautifully bold color schemes, and color-matched featured images, Wei puts your words first — in a delightful and creative fashion. Wei is a stripped down, minimalistic block theme with a single column layout. […]
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How to add style variations to WordPress Block Themes
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Updated Sep 2, 2022
What are style variations? Style variations are a new feature of block themes, recently landing in WordPress 6.0. They’re just one part of the new era of WordPress theming that we’re looking at, with the introduction of Full Site Editing.
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A new era of WordPress themes is finally here
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Updated Jun 14, 2022
We all knew the landscape of WordPress themes was shifting with the introduction of Gutenberg. What we didn’t know, was by how much.
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Meet Wabi, a WordPress block theme for writers and publishers
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Updated Jun 14, 2022
Share your authentic self with Wabi, a WordPress block theme designed to help you tell your story best. Wabi foregrounds the simplistic design language of storytelling through clean lines, beautiful typography and a dynamic accent color system — making it a brilliant theme for writers and publishers.
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Building WordPress Block Themes with the New Pattern Block
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Updated Oct 12, 2022
I’ve long been a huge fan of block patterns. So much that I see patterns becoming the primary method most of us lay out pages within the block editor — cue Extendify. And with the recent release of Gutenberg, and upcoming release of WordPress 5.9, patterns are getting a lot of attention. There are a number […]
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Using a Fluid Type Scale in WordPress Block Themes with Theme.json
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Updated Feb 18, 2022I’m a big fan of the CSS clamp() function and how it allows for behavior previously only possible with media queries. The clamp() function takes three parameters: a minimum value, a preferred value, and a maximum allowed value — resulting in a value between each of those. And while clamp() may be used in a […]
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Standardizing Theme.json Color Slugs in WordPress Block Themes
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Updated Dec 5, 2022
EDIT: I’ve updated this post to replace background and foreground color slugs, with base and contrast respectfully — as these are the color slugs recommended moving forward. This is part one, of three, in a series on standardizing how we build this next generation of WordPress block themes to accompany the Full Site Editing effort. […]
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Standardizing Theme.json Font Sizes in WordPress Block Themes
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Updated Nov 28, 2022
This is part two, of three, in a series on standardizing how we build this next generation of WordPress block themes to accompany the Full Site Editing effort.
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Standardizing Theme.json Site Spacing in WordPress Block Themes
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Updated Nov 28, 2022
EDIT: I’ve updated this post to use the new spacing preset values provided in WordPress 6.1. This is part three, of three, in a series on standardizing how we build this next generation of WordPress block themes to accompany the Full Site Editing effort.