Automattic / Automattic/wp-calypso

A showcase of theme patterns

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Description

### What

When some users, probably ones with longer histories of WordPress, come through to us looking for a new theme, they are sometimes not convinced by the themes we show on the theme page now.

Many of the new ones look very simple. As one user said yesterday, "they all look office like".

With the old style pre-set themes with sliders, menus and columns already set up, there was some wow factor. People picked the design to suit their goals.

We know that the new themes are so much better than these old ones thanks to block patterns but I'm not sure that is being demonstrated.

### Why

In order to give users the wow factor about what is possible with new themes.

Right now, some of the older themes have more impact on the eyes when you view the themes page than the current theme demos.

### How

Can we create a block pattern showcase that we can use to wow people with the possibilities in live chat and support?

On searching I found this for example on .org - https://wordpress.org/patterns/

Can we make something that shows off the possibilities that they could then click on that pattern to import it

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Research direction

The issue identifies the theme page and the WordPress.org patterns showcase as the relevant entry points. Start by reviewing how the current theme demos are presented and compare them with the linked patterns reference. Done means users can browse compelling block patterns and click a pattern to import it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
wordpress
Domain
design, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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