Understanding WordPress Starter Themes

23/02/2023 35 min
Understanding WordPress Starter Themes

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WordPress Starter Themes are important for custom WordPress web development. Above all, they put developer experience first and challenge the status quo of best practices. We discuss the differences between a developer starter theme and a multi-purpose theme, and why using a starter theme can give you a big head start in your custom theme development to achieve better results.Highlights0:00 Intro2:44 Multipurpose vs. Starter Themes5:21 Benefits of Starter Themes8:34 Approaches to Starter Themes16:03 Popular Starter Themes17:44 What makes a good Starter Theme?20:40 The future of themes24:13 Why we build Flynt26:52 Gutenberg redefined themes31:06 Challenging the status quo33:37 Better developer experiencesLinksFlynt: https://flyntwp.com/underscores: https://underscores.me/Sage: https://roots.io/sage/Episode w/ Jared Novack (Timber): https://youtu.be/c3GlhhwpKRoPopular Starter Themes: https://github.com/topics/wordpress-starter-themeEpisode about Gutenberg: https://youtu.be/m-nLuvchssgWordPress block hydration experiments: https://github.com/WordPress/block-hydration-experiments/discussions/131More from BleechBlog Posts (WordPress Development)Flynt (WordPress Starter Theme)VRTs (Visual Tests for WordPress)Siegfried, deploy! (YouTube Channel)