Let's code! Creating your Primary Templates in the Editor.

WordPress theme development follows the WordPress template hierarchy, which determines which templates are used depending on the content being rendered.

Fortunately for the new block theme developer, the Site Editor allows you to create all the primary templates you might need, right from your WordPress install.

In this session, we'll start with a quick review of the WordPress template hierarchy. Then we'll create a blank block theme, using the Create Block Theme plugin, apply some ready-made default styles via theme.json, and create all the primary templates a WordPress theme would need.

If you want to code along with me, you will need the following:

1. Access to a local WordPress install.

Popular options for local installs are:

• XAMPP
• MAMP
• WampServer
• DesktopServer
• LocalWP
• DevKinsta

2. A text editor to edit WordPress files:

• Visual Studio Code
• Sublime Text
• Notepad++
• Atom

3. The latest version of the Gutenberg plugin installed and active

Audience: Developers
Level: Intermediate
Where: Zoom (link will be visible after RSVP)

This session is being held at an EU/Africa/US Eastern friendly time. If you cannot get to the live session, keep an eye out for the recording we’ll be publishing on wordpress.tv and learn.wordpress.org after the session is completed :-)

See you soon!