For new block theme developers – This article is a good resource for new block theme developers. It provides an in depth overview of the parts of the theme.json file and how to use it.

WordPress 6.6 is set to be released. In this video Adam Preiser looks at the new features and then shares his take on why a lot of the new features will not be used. This is sure to be controversial in some circles, but Adam joins the “lets get real” chorus.

The theme.json file, which is used in block and hybrid themes, is getting a bump to version 3 in order to account for some default font and spacing size changes.

The Greyd WP theme was added to the WP theme directory. Funny, sad, or clever, the theme patterns that are included in the theme all advertise Greyd. The list of patterns are at the bottom of the listing.

The WordPress org Themes Team is finding that reviewing block themes is much faster. Consequently, team members are helping out in other theme related areas. This was discussed in the latest team meeting along with steps to formalize the changes. One of these changes is to help theme authors transition to block based themes.

I learned a new technical term today, “morange.”

Block Theme development – Here is a short tutorial on using the Create Block Theme plugin.

Create Block Theme is a useful plugin that lets you save your customizations of a block theme as a child theme or as a new stand-alone block theme. A new version of the plugin was recently released and this article explores the new features.

Rich Tabor shares some thoughts on the “composability” of block themes.