The WordPress theme directory reaches a major milestone with 1,000 block themes. It has been a while coming, but the number of submissions seems to have picked up.

Up to now it has been difficult for plugins to register custom block templates. WordPress 6.7 adds a new Template Registration API for plugins.

This article by Jeremy Holcombe provides a very thorough look at using the theme.json file for creating your own block theme and for customizing blocks. It is a good resource for power users and theme authors.

Frank Klein shares seven websites built using block themes. It is interesting to see the variety of designs, like the OptinMonster site

The WebDevStudios team has created their own block theme, WDS BT, which looks pretty interesting. There is a link to the theme and an outline of their design system in this blog post from the esteemed Lisa Sabin-Wilson.

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.