Child Theme Hotwiring: Creating Enduring, Portable Block Child Themes

Join us for an insightful session on mastering the art of block child themes in WordPress. In this event, we’ll explore how to navigate the pitfalls of theme lock-in and turn them into a flexible and enduring solution for your WordPress projects.

Child Theme Hotwiring: Creating Enduring, Portable Block Child Themes

Theme lock-in can be a major concern for WordPress users, but it doesn’t have to be a permanent roadblock. By leveraging child themes, you can ensure your customizations and governance remain intact, even when migrating between different base themes. We’ll demonstrate how to seamlessly transition from one block theme (like Frost) to another (Ollie), showing that block themes can be a powerful and flexible tool when used correctly.

This event is tailored for intermediate-to-advanced WordPress users, particularly those who have hesitated to adopt block themes, agencies concerned about workflow efficiency, and SMB/nonprofit web developers and administrators who worry about the pitfalls of theme lock-in and its implications for their sites.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the advantages of using child themes to avoid theme lock-in.
• Learn how to migrate between different block themes without losing customizations.
• Gain insights into maintaining and governing block-based WordPress sites with confidence.

Who Should Attend:

• Intermediate-to-advanced WordPress users
• Agencies with production workflow concerns
• SMB/nonprofit web developers and admins looking for sustainable WordPress solutions
• Anyone who has been led to believe that block themes are overly complicated or brittle, and should be approached with excessive caution.