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k theme how to overwrite an existing theme how to clone a theme how to create a child theme how to create a style variation how to export a theme comprehension questions what are the six main theme generation tools in create block theme where does create block theme generate any style variations which option would you use when you re ready to shop your block theme video transcript view transcript hey there and welcome to learn wordpress today you re going to learn about a handy plugin in the wordpress plugin repository that will streamline your block theme development called create block theme after a short introduction to create block theme we will cover how to install it on your wordpress site and go over the main features that the create block theme plugin provides create block theme works in conjunction with the site editor to allow you to create and edit block themes right from the wordpress dashboard whether you re developing your new theme on top of a base theme or starting a brand new block theme from scratch you will find create block theme very useful once installed create block theme provides a series of features that streamline your block theme development process from creating a blank theme all the way to exporting the current theme to an installable zip file additionally create block theme also allows you to add google fonts or local fonts to your theme we will cover this in a separate tutorial you can install create block theme through the plugins page of your wordpress installation first navigate to the list of plugins then click on the add new button in the search box on the top right search for create block theme this will search the wordpress org plugins repository once the plugin is found click on install now to install it after it s installed click activate to activate it in your wordpress install once activated the create block theme submenu will appear under the appearance menu in the dashboard alternatively you can also search for create block theme in the wordpress plugins directory at wordpress org plugins to install it download the plugin zip file and install it manually through the add new plugin screen create block theme gives you the following options for block theme development first we will look at creating a blank theme this option allows you to start a new block theme from scratch when you select this option you will be prompted to add the following details about the new theme the theme name the theme description the theme uri the theme author and the author uri of these fields only the theme name is required to create a blank theme as it s needed to create the theme directory once you add the relevant details and click generate the new theme will be created you can then navigate over to the themes list view your new theme see its details or activate it once it s activated you can edit it in the site editor and make the changes you need for your new theme development project if you take a look at the theme directory in a file browser or a code editor you ll see it s created the required style css and an index html template it also contains a theme json to manage global styles a readme txt file that s used for the wordpress org theme repository and header and footer template parts during development it s often useful to make small changes in the site editor and then store those changes in the theme file system one reason for this could be that you want to save these incremental changes to a revision control system like git or subversion this is where the overwrite theme option becomes handy for example let s say you created a blank theme and added a single template to the template list the template itself just contains the header and footer parts a post title post featured image and post content then you decide to change the global styles of the theme changing the background color text color and color of the links to create a dark theme effect in this case you re using the following colors a dark color for the background and the light green colour and light purple color for the text and links when these changes are saved they will be stored to the database for the site however you would prefer to write these changes to the theme files you can now use the overwrite option of create block theme by selecting it and clicking generate this option will take all the changes saved in the database and write them to theme files in this case it will create the single html template in the templates directory and update theme json with the color changes here we can see the single templates and if we look at the theme json the background text and link color has been applied sometimes you might want to create a clone of the currently active theme to test something out this is where the clone theme option is handy for example let s say instead of writing the dark theme colors to the current theme you wanted to create a separate copy of the theme with the changes saved to the database using the clone option of create block theme will ask the same questions as when creating a new theme however once you enter the new values it will create a copy of the active theme including all the changes you ve saved in the editor this clone will be exported as an installable theme zip file which you can install either on your local site or on another wordpress site the option to create a child theme is handy when you re building a site using an existing block theme from the wordpress org theme repository but you only need to apply a few small customizations just like a child theme for a classic theme adding your customizations to the child theme means you preserve the parent theme s look and functionality while also allowing for the parent theme to be updated without losing your customizations when using the create block theme child theme option you enter the same details to generate the theme but only the changes you apply in the site editor are written to the child theme for example let s say you ve installed the blockbase theme but you applied the same dark theme colors to it now you use the create child theme option enter the relevant details and click generate again this will create an installable zip file that you can install on your local site or on an existing site a recent addition to create block theme is the ability to create a style variation this is useful if you want to create multiple style variations for the same theme having global style variations gives your users the ability to switch between predefined styles from the global styles interface for example let s say you re creating a new theme and you wanted to ship the default style and the dark theme style as two different variations the user can choose from so you set up your dark theme colours in the site editor and save them as before however this time you select the create a style variation option and give the new variation a name then click generate the variation is created in the styles directory of your active theme now when you edit the theme in the site editor the theme has been reset to the default style however you can apply the dark theme variation by opening the global styles interface clicking browse styles and you can then select between the default and the dark theme if you look at the code for your theme you ll see the dark theme variation has been created in the styles directory finally the export option is when you re ready to package your theme either to be installed on another site or to add to somewhere like the wordpress themes repository using this option will take the active theme and any user changes saved to the database and write everything to an installable zip file you can save this file anywhere on your local computer once you have the zip file it can be uploaded to a wordpress site via appearance themes and clicking on the add new button and that wraps up this tutorial on using create block theme for more information on block theme development as well as the use of create block theme why not try part one of the developer s guide to block themes on learn wordpress org happy coding introduction hey there and welcome to learn wordpress today you re going to learn about a handy plugin in the wordpress plugin repository that will streamline your block theme development called create block theme after a short introduction to create block theme we will cover how to install it on your wordpress site and go over the main features that create block theme provides create block theme create block theme works in conjunction with the site editor to allow you to create and edit block themes right from the wordpress dashboard whether you are developing your new theme on top of a base theme or starting a new block theme from scratch you will find create block theme very useful once installed create block theme provides a series of features that streamline your block theme development process from creating a blank theme all the way to exporting the current theme to an installable zip file additionally create block theme also allows you to add google fonts or local fonts to your theme which we will cover in a separate tutorial installation you can install create block theme through the plugins page of your wordpress installation first navigate to the list of plugins then click on the add new button in the search box on the top right search for create block theme this will search the wordpress org plugins repository once the plugin is found click on install now to install it after it s installed click activate it to activate it in your wordpress install once activated the create block theme sub menu item will appear under appearance in the dashboard menu alternatively you can also search for create block theme in the wordpress plugins directory at wordpress org plugins to install it download the plugin zip file and install it manually through the add new plugin screen usage create block theme gives you the following options for block theme development create blank theme this option allows you to start a new block theme from scratch when you select this option you will be prompted to add the following details about the new theme the theme name the theme description the theme uri the theme author and the author uri of these fields only the theme name is required to create a blank theme as it s needed to create the theme directory once you add the relevant details and click generate the new theme will be created you can then navigate over to the themes list to view your new theme see its details or activate it once it s activated you can edit it in the site editor and make the changes you need for your new theme development project if you take a look at the theme directory you ll see it s created the required style css file and an index html template it also contains a theme json to manage global styles a readme txt file that s used for the wordpress org theme repository and header and footer template parts overwrite theme during development it s often useful to make changes to the site editor and then store those changes in the theme file system one reason for this is that you want to save these incremental changes to a revision control system like git or subversion this is where the overwrite theme option is handy for example let s say you created a blank theme and added a single template to the template list then you changed the global styles of the theme changed the background color text color and the color of the links to create a dark theme effect in this case you re using the following colors a dark colour for the background and a light green colour and light purple colour for the text and links background 263238 green color c3e88d purple color c792ea when these changes are saved they will be stored in the database for this site however you would prefer to write these changes to the theme files you can now use the overwrite option of create block theme by selecting it and clicking generate this option will take all the changes saved in the database and write them to theme files in this case it will create the single html template in the templates directory and update the theme json with the color changes clone sometimes you might want to create a clone of the currently active theme to test something out this is where the clone theme option is handy for example let s say instead of writing the dark theme colors to the current theme you wanted to create a separate copy of the theme with the changes saved to the database using the clone option of create block theme will ask the same questions as when creating a new theme once you enter the new values it will create a copy of the active theme including the changes you ve saved in the editor this clone will be exported as an installable zip which you can install either on your local site or on another site you can now switch between the original theme and edit it in the editor or you can activate the cloned theme and work with it if you view the theme directory you can see the original theme as well as the cloned theme child theme the option to create a child theme is handy when you re building a site using an existing block theme from the wordpress org theme repository but you need to apply a few customizations just like a child theme for a classic theme adding your customizations to the child theme means you preserve the parent theme s look and functionality while also allowing for the parent theme to be updated without losing your customizations when using the create block theme child theme option you enter the same details to generate the theme but only the changes you apply in the site editor are written to the child theme for example let s say you installed the blockbase theme but you applied the same dark theme colors to it now you use the create child theme option enter the relevant details and click generate create a style variation a recent addition to create block theme is the ability to create a style variation this is useful if you want to create multiple style variations for the same theme having global styles variations gives your users the ability to switch between predefined styles from the global styles interface for example let s say you re creating a new theme and you wanted to ship the default style and the dark theme style as two different variations the user can choose from so you set up your dark theme colors in the site editor and save them as before however this time you select the create a style variation option and give the variation a name the variation is created in the styles directory of your active theme now when you edit the theme in the site editor the theme has been reset to the default style however you can apply the dark theme variation by opening the global styles interface and clicking browse themes you can then apply either the default theme style or the dark theme variation if you look at the code for your theme you ll see the dark theme v...