WordPress theme development has evolved. There are now two distinct paths for building your perfect theme. So-called “classic” themes continue to thrive. They’re the same blend of CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and PHP we’ve used for years. The market is still saturated with and dominated by these old standbys. Block themes are the new-ish kid on the scene. They aim to facilitate design in the browser without using code. Their structure is different, and they use a theme.json file to define styling.
What hasn’t changed is the desire to build full-featured themes quickly. Check out “The Best Open-Source Tools & Frameworks for Building WordPress Themes” to check out the tools and frameworks exist to help us in this quest – no matter which type of theme you want to develop.
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