{"id":18029,"date":"2024-10-23T17:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=18029"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:39:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:39:24","slug":"wordpress-community-creates-1000-block-themes-in-1000-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/10\/wordpress-community-creates-1000-block-themes-in-1000-days\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Community Creates 1,000 Block Themes in 1,000 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news.webp?resize=1024%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Layout of numerous colorful images of block themes laid out in a grid.\" class=\"wp-image-18033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news-scaled.webp?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news-scaled.webp?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C804&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news-scaled.webp?resize=2048%2C1072&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-large-font-size\">In nearly 1,000 days, the WordPress community has created <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/tags\/full-site-editing\/\">1,000 Block themes<\/a>\u2014coming together to use the full potential of the Site Editor and unleash new creative possibilities for everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">First introduced in WordPress 5.9, Block themes have steadily evolved, improving flexibility and functionality for themers, users, and agencies alike. Now, design tools allow customizing almost every detail. With style variations, users can change the overall look of their site in a few clicks. You can even use <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/block-editor\/how-to-guides\/curating-the-editor-experience\/\">curation options<\/a> to customize the editing process itself. But we\u2019re not done! We can\u2019t wait to keep pushing Block themes even further. Thank you to every early adopter who, by embracing early features with passion, helped shape the Block themes we love today with feedback and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet explored Block themes, check out some of the resources below to get inspired:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/tags\/full-site-editing\/\">1,000 Block themes available<\/a> and see what you can create. For an easy way to explore, try <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/playground\">WordPress Playground<\/a> to quickly get started with a temporary site.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/themes\/\">Theme handbook<\/a> to understand types of themes, how themes work, and how to get started building.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.wordpress.org\/lesson\/create-block-theme-plugin\/\">Create Block Theme plugin<\/a> to streamline Block theme creation with a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.wordpress.org\/tutorial\/streamline-your-block-theme-development-with-create-block-theme\/\">dedicated tutorial<\/a> on Learn WordPress that will help you get started.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/community-themes\">watching and joining community members building themes together<\/a>. This is a great way for folks new to Block themes to learn, hands-on.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate and share our contributions! Please comment on the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2024\/10\/23\/celebrating-1000-block-themes-in-the-themes-repository\/\">Theme Team\u2019s post dedicated to highlighting this milestone<\/a> to share your favorite Block theme and thank those who have contributed along the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thank you to <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/kristastevens\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>kristastevens<\/a> for editorial help, <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/beafialho\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>beafialho<\/a> for the featured image, and <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/kafleg\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>kafleg<\/a> for reviewing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In nearly 1,000 days, the WordPress community has created 1,000 Block themes\u2014coming together to use the full potential of the Site Editor and unleash new creative possibilities for everyone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13782018,"featured_media":18033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,233],"tags":[406,199,176],"class_list":["post-18029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-general","category-updates","tag-block-editor","tag-gutenberg","tag-themes","mentions-beafialho","mentions-kafleg","mentions-kristastevens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2024\/10\/blockthemes-featured-image-news-scaled.webp?fit=2560%2C1340&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-4GN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13782018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18029"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18039,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18029\/revisions\/18039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}