How to Create a WordPress Child Theme (Beginner’s Guide)

Do you want to create a child theme in WordPress? A child theme is a WordPress theme that inherits the functionality of another WordPress theme. Many users create a child for their current theme so that they can safely customize their website design without losing changes when the theme developer releases an update. In this… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Child Theme (Beginner’s Guide)

How to Test Your WordPress Theme Against Latest Standards

Do you want to see if your WordPress theme meets the latest standards? The WordPress theme review team has set high standards for free WordPress themes submitted to the official directory. These standards ensure the theme is safe, user-friendly, and accessible to WordPress users. In this article, we will show you how to test your… Continue reading How to Test Your WordPress Theme Against Latest Standards

How to Highlight New Posts for Returning Visitors in WordPress

Are you wondering how to highlight new posts for returning visitors in WordPress? Showing off the posts that were newly published on your website is one way to keep your readers updated and make sure they don’t miss out on your latest content. In this step-by-step guide, we will show you how to highlight new… Continue reading How to Highlight New Posts for Returning Visitors in WordPress

ElmaStudio Releases Moog: A Free Block Theme for Blogs

Moog is one of the latest free block themes to be released on WordPress.org. It features a minimal and bold layout with a responsive, masonry style grid on the homepage. Moog is well suited to blogs or even small magazine websites, with options to radically change the style with the click of a button. Moog’s… Continue reading ElmaStudio Releases Moog: A Free Block Theme for Blogs

WordPress Theme Handbook Updates Chapter on Block Templating

WordPress contributors have updated the Theme Handbook to include a new chapter on block templating. The chapter covers how the WordPress block template system works, how to build custom templates and parts and include them in a theme. This is critical documentation designed to provide a learning path for those who are building their first… Continue reading WordPress Theme Handbook Updates Chapter on Block Templating

WP Data Dashboard Tracks WordPress.org Themes Ecosystem

Munich-based digital agency owner Hendrik Luehrsen has been tracking the usage of themes with the FSE tag (block themes) using a spreadsheet that pulls in data from the WordPress.org API. Wrangling the data in a spreadsheet became too cumbersome, so Luehrsen launched WP Data Dashboard over the weekend as a “centralized hub for exploring, analyzing,… Continue reading WP Data Dashboard Tracks WordPress.org Themes Ecosystem

How to Create a Mobile-Ready Responsive WordPress Menu

Do you want to create a mobile-ready responsive WordPress menu? More than half of all website traffic comes from mobile devices. If your navigation menu doesn’t work well on smartphone and tablets, then a big chunk of your audience may struggle to find their way around your site. In this guide, we will show you… Continue reading How to Create a Mobile-Ready Responsive WordPress Menu

Ollie Dash Plugin Now Available for Ollie Block Theme

The Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, now has a companion plugin available called Ollie Dash. The theme made headlines earlier this month after a contentious WordPress.org review process led its authors to remove the innovative onboarding features. Ollie was approved for WordPress.org but without the time-saving onboarding features its authors… Continue reading Ollie Dash Plugin Now Available for Ollie Block Theme

WordPress Contributors Speed Up Twenty Twenty-Four Default Theme Performance by 40%

WordPress 6.4 will be shipping a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Four (TT4), expected in early November. This theme is more feature-rich than previous default themes, and contributors have been working on identifying potential performance improvements that can be made ahead of the release. As a starting point, Google-sponsored Performance team contributor Felix Arntz conducted several… Continue reading WordPress Contributors Speed Up Twenty Twenty-Four Default Theme Performance by 40%