Gutenberg + Themes: Week of May 3, 2021


Hello! This is the 47nd weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg.  

Please weigh in on the tickets below — your feedback is crucial and appreciated.

Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • FSE: Theme.json configurations with styles not expressed in a block’s block.json breaks FSE #31560
  • FSE: Add a filter to determine whether a theme should use the Site Editor #31235
  • Themes: Presets used in patterns: register them as user presets? #31124
  • Themes: Substitute CSS Custom Property by the mechanism used in layout and duotone #31488
  • Themes: Update the create a block theme tutorial #31269
  • Themes: Optionally, rendering classic navigation data source in Navigation Block #30852

Merged/Fixed

  • FSE: Show more Settings in Block Toolbar in Site Editor #31286
  • FSE: Fix template loading order for child themes when no explicit template exists #31336
  • FSE: Iframe the template editor #31375
  • FSE: Post Content: Prevent infinite recursion #31455
  • FSE: Unify the post tags and post categories block under a unique post terms block. #31458
  • FSE: Block Library: Stabilize some theme blocks for WP 5.8 release #31423
  • FSE & Themes: Split theme.css styles loading #31239
  • Themes: Fix for template order logic bug introduced in 10.5 #31478
  • Themes: Fix: Allow post comment button to inherit button & global styles automatically #31338

General Resources:

Thanks @allancole for compiling this week’s summary. Please comment if there’s something you’d like to highlight 🙂

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