Page Builder to Block Theme: What Converts, What You Rebuild
We built a 26-widget Elementor page, switched it off, and ran Convert to blocks. What survived, what broke, and how to plan the rebuild in a block theme.…
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A Design System an AI Agent Can Follow
Agents follow what is written. Give them tokens, rules they can check, theme.json as the contract and a page gate, and they stay inside your design system.…
Reading Purple: What Woo’s Block Theme Teaches Theme Authors
A file-by-file teardown of Purple, WooCommerce’s starter block theme: its theme.json, role-numbered palette, fluid spacing, section styles, store template…
What to Test in Your Block Theme for WordPress 7.2
A test list for block theme authors before WordPress 7.2 Beta 1: ten changes already in trunk, a fixture to test each one, and the dates that matter.…
Form Styling Is Moving Into theme.json: What Works Today and What 7.2 Adds
WordPress 6.9 quietly added textInput and select elements to theme.json, and 7.2 plans to put form styling in the Global Styles UI. What generates today, where …
Popovers Without JavaScript in WordPress Block Themes
The HTML popover attribute and invoker commands now handle open, close, light dismiss, stacking and focus natively, and WordPress 6.9 and 7.1 allow them in cont…
Your Design Tokens Should Outlive Your CSS Framework
Tailwind Labs joined Shopify and nothing broke. That is exactly why it is the right moment to ask where your design tokens actually live, and to make framework …
Template Parts in WordPress Block Themes: A Developer Deep-Dive
A developer deep-dive into WordPress block theme template parts. Covers file structure, theme.json registration, variations, styling, advanced techniques, and c…
Block Themes vs Classic Themes: Complete Migration Guide for 2026
A complete, step-by-step guide to migrating from classic WordPress themes to block themes in 2026. Covers key differences, theme.json v3, template conversion, b…
How to Migrate Widget Areas to Block Theme Template Parts Without Breaking Functionality
Learn how to map classic WordPress widget areas to block theme template parts — from sidebar-1 to complementary regions, footer columns to wp:columns blocks. In…
How to Build a Hybrid Theme That Supports Both Classic and Block Editing
WordPress has always offered flexibility in how themes render pages. For years, classic PHP templates ruled the ecosystem. Then Full […]…
How to Build Interactive Blocks with the WordPress Interactivity API
Learn how to use the WordPress Interactivity API to build stateful, client-side interactive blocks using real data-wp-* directives, @wordpress/interactivity sto…