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Every year, web design trends subtly shift and 2021 is no exception. While there aren’t often radical changes on a year-to-year basis, 2020 ushered in plenty of new design trends to experiment with. Now it’s time to take a look at how they’ll evolve this time around. WordPress sites have followed close behind the popular trends, with a few unique ones to reflect its users’ interests. For example, you’ll be surprised to learn how the theme building community is changing. Look out for these popular trends, as they’re already in full effect or soon to come to many WordPress sites. […]

WordCamp Europe 2021 just happened (June 7-9) and I am here to report that it was dominated by one topic: full-site editing. This was my fifth WordCamp Europe overall (read my other reports from 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020) and the second one I attended online. The decision to run WCEU 2021 online again was made shortly after the successful debut last year. It turned out to be the right one. Something that was new this year was that there was a dedicated online conference space. So, while anyone could follow the event on YouTube (find all recordings here), only […]

The next major WordPress release is due mid-July, and the first steps toward Full Site Editing will land along with it. Dubbed “Gutenberg Phase 2”, this new set of features will bring a entirely new ideas and workflows to the Gutenberg editor. ​How will these changes effect you? Let’s dive into the details. What Is Full Site Editing? What if, instead of using PHP templates, we were to build WordPress themes entirely out of blocks? This is the core idea behind Full Site Editing – a theme that includes everything from a Site Logo block, to an Author Meta block, […]