WP Support Plans for Non-FSE Themes

  • Resolved Gabor Lippert

    (@lunule)


    1 year, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    I have a question related to the theme development processes currently supported by/available with WordPress.

    I’m just about to start a theme development process for a client, and my original plan was to use purely the new FSE theme dev processes (theme.json, html parts and templates, block styles/variations/patterns etc.) – however, after a thorough review of the wireframes I realized that this environment is just too rigid at the moment, and I’ll need to combine things with good old PHP templates.

    Now, my concern is that I deliver the site to my client, and, for instance, in 3 years from now, WordPress stops supporting PHP templating in themes.

    So, my questions are:
    1. Is there an official support and deprecation plan at Automattic regarding the pre-Gutenberg era’s theme development processes and methods – aka, will the theme I’m about to start developing be in a risk of becoming deprecated?
    2. If there is such plan, how long will non-FSE PHP themes remain supported and functional?

    Thanks ???♂?</img>

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  • Hello,

    Backward compatibility is a really important notion in WordPress development. I think Core Committer have never removed any line of code on WordPress for 20 years…
    Some features are disappearing, but in a general way… it’s only hidden and actionable with constant or filter.

    I think it’s safe in 2023 to create a “classic” theme.

    Thread Starter Gabor Lippert

    (@lunule)

    ?? Thanks for your swift reply, Sébastien – that’s all I needed to know.

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