Gutenberg Hub Launches a Block-Based WordPress Theme Directory
In the dawn of the block theme era, the WordPress theme directory could use a reimagining. That is what Munir Kamal set out to do before WordPress 5.9 launches later this month. He announced an alternative theme directory on the Gutenberg Hub website earlier today. It lists all the block themes that are officially hosted on WordPress.org. Gutenberg Hub’s theme directory. The interface and experience are similar to the official theme directory and for a good reason. Kamal is pushing for changes on WordPress.org. “I noticed the lack of info the official theme directory provides,” he said. “I want to initiate a discussion around this to fix it, and thus created this as a concept/experiment. Now that it’s an era of the new generation of WP themes (Block Themes), the themes directory needs to be reimagined. Block themes are all about colors, typography, block styles, patterns, and templates. As a WP user, I wish to see all that info related to a theme when I explore themes in the directory. I need to choose without installing and testing multiple themes.” Single theme pages in this reimagined directory include more data than the official directory. Instead of merely a screenshot and…
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