Why do we need WordPress block themes? (The Past, Present & Future)

The Past!

If you’re new to WordPress, started recently, or have been here since the dawn of the ages, Gutenberg (yes, blocks, smarty!) has revolutionized the usability and feel of working on WordPress, since it first arrived in 2018 as a part of WordPress 5.0.

Ever since the advent of WordPress in May 2003, the editor didn’t change much until recently, sticking to the open-source?TinyMCE editor. If you haven’t heard or seen much of the classical editor, here is an images of the same:

Now, as I said, the past and the present, here’s what the present looks like:

As you can observe the stark difference between them. No wonder, the block editor, although being here for a short time, has become the apple of WordPresser’s eyes!

This was a much-needed change, as other website builders offered intuitive ways to create an appealing website with a unique feature: drag and drop. This feature allows you to select distinct elements to suit your needs, and just drag and drop them to create your awesome site!

Though there have been quite a few popular and widely used “page builders” in the market working on top of WordPress-namely Elementor, DiVi, and a few others. These continue to be used by people and deliver most of what is needed to get your website going. However, at the end of the day, all of those are plugins that, in some way or another, extend or change the default editing experience.

And then came Gutenberg!

So, WordPress, as a software itself, over time, evolved to provide more look and feel, and that is why people all over the world love it (including us!). But the integration of Gutenberg changed this completely. Gooooo! WordPress??

So, on to block themes now. As things evolved with WordPress, and Gutenberg rose to fame, the next innovation was full-site editing, which is why we finally got block themes!

Traditional themes did not give developers and designers much room to try their creativity, owing to limited (to a developer) features and rigidity while customizing your website.

The Present!

WordPress?version 5.9?introduced the first-ever block theme, Twenty Twenty-Two. This theme has changed how we look at WordPress, which has revolutionized the interface and its flexibility completely. This new addition has started a chain reaction, attracting theme developers and designers to push out interesting and innovative products and services.

One such theme I talked about is?Wabi. Wabi is oriented towards writers and publishers. The USP of this theme is its design element. It lets you create an appealing website that is oriented toward content publishing.

Hey! We’re not promoting anything but ourselves ??. We cover everything because we are All Thing Everything WordPress! Personally, I really like the Wabi theme. So, why not cover it and give due credits?

As we got blocks, full-site editing, and block themes, the editing experience had a major overhaul and provided us with a lot of features and functionality. Site editing and designing have leaped to another level in 2022, with the introduction of the first-ever block theme.

Now, you know how block editing enhanced the usability of WordPress, earning it an immense reputation and popularity.

The Future!

I believe it is preferable to get an opinion on this from someone with far more experience than me and who has in-depth details and insights on and around WordPress.?

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