In the WordPress post Gutenberg world there are fundamental shifts in both user and development workflows. Moving forward that means how we develop themes for end users will also change. Let’s look at the current status of theme development, including page-builders and kitchen sink themes and how they take advantage — or in most case don’t — take advantage of the core editor and how we should begin building themes for the future. Specifically, we’ll cover:
• How to modify existing themes to take full advantage of the new editor and blocks.
• What’s functionality and what’s design and how to build your theme to meet standards.
• The Customizer….is it dead?
• Upcoming enhancements for Full Site Editing and how this will affect theme development.
• Current themes and selecting a theme to future proof your site.