Open juanmaguitar opened 1 month ago
Which key ideas should be reflected in this guide for Theme Developers?
When thinking about blueprints for themes, we should consider all the small parts that pull a theme demo together in full. Like setting show_on_front, assigning the page_on_front and page_for_posts, site logo (if it's possible), importWxr best practices, etc. Also installing related plugins (like blocks that a theme may leverage).
I did this for my blog's theme: https://github.com/richtabor/kanso/blob/main/blueprint.json (but not logo yet, it's not super clear the easiest way to do that).
Basically setting up a demo site only with playground.
There is also a dev blog article in the works. The issue has a few discussion points. How to build a theme demo with WP Playground blueprints. It's on my to-do list for September.
The Recap Hallway Hangout: Theme Building with Playground, Create-block-theme plugin, and GitHub has a video and some instructions on how to use Playground, CBT and GItHub for version control.
Surfacing:
Major points:
CCing @beafialho @mikachan @vcanales
Here's a Playground-based theme development workflow:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/907c6bce-f169-4ad5-aef7-ea49cfba91b8
As part of https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground/pull/1602 there are plans to create a guides section where specific guides to tackle specific needs can be added to the docs.
To inaugurate this "Guides" section, I think a "WordPress Playground for Theme Developers" guide could be a good candidate. These are some of the ideas I think could be included as guidance for theme developers to leverage WordPress Playground for their work.
Playground for Theme Developers
see blueprint.json
``` { "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json", "landingPage": "/wp-admin/post.php", "preferredVersions": { "php": "8.0", "wp": "beta" }, "features": { "networking": true }, "steps": [ { "step": "installTheme", "themeZipFile": { "resource": "url", "url": "https://github-proxy.com/proxy/?repo=wordpress-juanmaguitar/tt4-dh-alternatives-custom-blocks&branch=main" }, "options": { "activate": true } }, { "step": "login", "username": "admin", "password": "password" } ] } ```see blueprint.json
``` { "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json", "preferredVersions": { "php": "8.3", "wp": "latest" }, "features": { "networking": true }, "steps": [ { "step": "login" }, { "step": "installTheme", "themeZipFile": { "resource": "url", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wptrainingteam/tt4-book-reviews/master/_playground/tt4-book-reviews.zip" }, "options": { "activate": true } }, { "step": "runPHP", "code": "query('delete from wp_posts');" }, { "step": "importWxr", "file": { "resource": "url", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wptrainingteam/tt4-book-reviews/master/_playground/site-content.xml" } } ] } ```You can launch a Playground instance any theme from its folder code and using
wp-now
or Visual Code Studio extensionWith blueprints you can customize any initial setup you'd like for your theme
Which key ideas should be reflected in this guide for Theme Developers? cc: @richtabor @ndiego @justintadlock @bph @mikachan