Hello! This is the 36th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg. Sorry it’s late!
Please weigh in on the tickets below — your voice and feedback are welcome!
Issues / Discussions:
- Blocks: Refactor Gallery Block as a wrapper around Image Blocks. 25940
- Global Styles: Discuss the default scope of each block’s style properties: 27512
- FSE: Improve loading methods for block styles. 28358
- FSE: Updates to theme.json. 28163
- FSE: Try implementing a multi-theme system. 28131
- FSE: Themes located in a subdirectory do not load template parts. 28022
- FSE Blocks: Add Archive Title Block. 27989
- FSE Blocks: Navigation block: Hide more than N items. 27131
- FSE: Hide Homepage title 28564
- FSE Blocks: Query Block: Consider allowing for an optional semantic wrapper tag 28555
- Global Styles: Make custom spacing work with core 28548
- FSE: Improve loading method for block styles in FSE themes 28358
- Updates to experimental-theme.json 28163
- FSE: Enable the user to switch which entity is being previewed in the template editor 28466
- FSE: Add a ‘section’ term for Template Parts. 28410
- FSE: Change the post template visually 28390
- FSE: Improve loading method for block styles in FSE themes 28358
- FSE: Allow the query block to work on singular pages when inheriting the global query 28351
- FSE: Site Editing: Explore how we might set what’s displayed on the front of a site from within the site editor 28341
Merged/fixed:
- FSE: Dark Theme Support: Allow for theme modifications 28233
- Blocks: Fix cover matrix alignment 28404
- Blocks: Add support for border configuration via theme.json. 28049
- Global Styles: Update theme.json shape: make settings & style top-level keys 28110
- Blocks: Social Link: Add a class to the anchor element 28494
Overview Issues:
- Full Site Editing Milestones. 24551
- Template Tags in Full Site Editing. 22724
- Missing query block functionality. 24934
- Query and Loop block tracking: 24762
- Menu item word wrap: 28516
- Image border radius support: 27667
- Social Icons, background and color options: 28084
General Resources:
- GitHub Issues: Full Site Editing
- GitHub Issues: Themes
- Block-based Themes Reference
- Block-based Themes Tutorial
- Experimental-Themes.json
- Using the Block Editor for Theme Parts
- Printing navigation-block HTML from a legacy menu in themes
Thanks to @kjellr and @joen for help pulling this post together. Please let us know if it was helpful in the comments!