Perennial users of WordPress have often longed for a less laborious way to put together a complete website. For several years, custom themes have helped to unify the look, feel, typography, and color schemes of a site while the recent addition of the Gutenberg block editor has made speedy work of cobbling together a post or page. But now, there is an even better route to a stylish site. Something that ties together a push-button design with a cadre of functional building blocks. It’s called Full Site Editing and it works for any WordPress “blocks” theme.
At first, the “Site Editor”(as Full Site Editing is also called) may seem a bit overwhelming with its talk of templates, template parts, styles, patterns, and other lingo, but fear not. There are eight pre-built packages included with the WordPress 2023 default theme that pull together everything needed for a complete site right out of the box. All you’ll need to do is write the posts and pages for your content. WordPress does the design, layout, typography, look, and feel for the entire site.
Here’s a peek at some of the “looks” available with the WordPress 2023 theme.
Don’t like the color choices or want to use a different font? You’ve got complete control and can switch up the typography and site colors at anytime. All of this functionality is available for any “blocks” theme in WordPress. Currently, we have two blocks themes available on the network: Twenty Twenty-Two and Twenty Twenty-Three. There will be more blocks themes forthcoming but for now, either one of these two themes is compatible with full site editing.
Not quite ready to dive in yet but want to know more about it? Here are some resources to get you started:
User Guides
This is Part 1 of an ongoing series about how to use WordPress Full Site Editing. Watch this space for a monthly posting full of tips and best practices.
