Block themes: The future of Full Site Editing and what to expect from WordPress 6.7 - Alexandros Kaounas

Speaker: Alexandros Kaounas

In this session, we’ll focus on how block themes have shaped the course of WordPress and what to expect in the upcoming release on November 12th.

We will explore the new features in WordPress 6.7, looking at how block themes work and the freedom they offer both developers and content editors. We’ll take a closer look at the latest WordPress theme, TwentyTwentyFive, dive into the newest theme.json version (v3) and its role, investigate template files, and play around with patterns and layouts.

These insights will help developers understand how Gutenberg and block themes work under the hood and empower content editors to take control of their content with confidence.

Transcript

1. Alexandros Kaounas Block themes: The future of Full Site Editing and what to expect from WordPress 6.7
2. Block themes A block theme is a theme that uses blocks for all parts of a site, including navigation menus, header, content, and site footer.
3. Full Site Editing Site editing is a set of new WordPress features that help us build and edit all parts of our website using blocks: Site Editor, global styles, block themes, patterns, and theme.json.
4. Introduction to theme.json theme.json is a configuration file that lets you define the global settings, styles, and more for your theme.
5. WordPress 6.7 Introducing Twenty Twenty-Five Endless possibility without complexity Twenty Twenty-Five offers a flexible, design-focused theme that lets you build stunning sites with ease. Tailor your aesthetic with an array of style options, block patterns, and color palettes. Pared down to the essentials, this is a theme that can truly grow with you.
6. WordPress 6.7 Get the big picture with Zoom Out Explore your content from a new perspective Edit and arrange entire sections of your content like never before. A broader view of your site lets you add, edit, shuffle, or remove patterns to your liking. Embrace your inner architect.
7. WordPress 6.7 Connect blocks and custom fields with no hassle (or code) A streamlined way to create dynamic content This feature introduces a new UI for connecting blocks to custom fields, putting control of dynamic content directly in the editor. Link blocks with fields in just a few clicks, enhancing flexibility and efficiency when building. Your clients will love you—as if they didn’t already.
8. WordPress 6.7 Embrace your inner font nerd New style section, new possibilities Create, edit, remove, and apply font size presets with the next addition to the Styles interface. Override theme defaults or create your own custom font size, complete with fluid typography for responsive font scaling. Get into the details!
9. What’s coming to WordPress 6.7 Template Registration API streamline registering templates and template parts Preview Options API a new API seeks to extend the Preview dropdown menu in the post/page editor Interactivity API provides a standard way for developers to add interactions to the frontend of their blocks Block Bindings allows you to bind dynamic data to block attributes, solving many use cases for custom blocks HTML API a tool for block authors to adjust HTML tag attributes in block markup within PHP
11. My development stack WordPress 6.7 on Nov 12th Local by Flywheel Gutenberg Full site editing And of course, a lot of
12. "The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters." ― Conrad Anker - American rock climber, mountaineer, and author Further thoughts
13. Any questions?
14. Drop me a mail at hi@alexkaounas.com I develop great things at Let’s connect Alexandros Kaounas
15. Thank you Larissa!