Unearthing Hidden Treasures in the Wabi WordPress Block Theme

After being involved in web design for almost 19 years now, there are grinding days where nothing feels fresh. However, there are also moments where you look at another web developer’s approach to problems and feel like there is a whole world of possibilities that you have yet to step into. And, it is rarely something complicated. The best developers make it look simple, and Rich Tabor’s Wabi is dotted with those little tricks that make poring over WordPress block theme code feel exciting again. Earlier today, the WordPress theme directory hit 50 block themes. However, I was more interested in what was waiting in the review queue. Tabor had submitted his project less than 24 hours before, but I spun it up anyway. I had to see what one of the more prolific writers on block theme development had built. While he had contributed to GoDaddy’s Go theme before taking a job with Extendify, this was the first theme submission from his personal account. I love diving into themes where I can learn something. That is the best way that I can describe Wabi. It is primarily geared toward bloggers and writers. It features the type of design those…

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