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Block theme builder on WordPress.org

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Description

Let's empower designers to build block themes with a dedicated builder tool available directly from WordPress.org.

As a designer, I would:

  • Go to wordpress.org/theme/create
  • Choose a parent theme to fork (or not)
  • Make any customizations I need
  • Close my browser tab and return later without losing my progress
  • Click a "Submit to theme directory" button

I could also:

  • Load my existing theme from the theme directory
  • Make changes
  • Submit the updated version with a click of a button

This workflow could potentially also offer the GitHub export and import feature.

Open questions

Before this project starts, there are some questions to answer:

  • What other ingredients are required to submit a block theme?
    • readme.txt – how should the designer edit that in block theme builder?
    • ...what else?

What important factors is this issue missing @beafialho @jasmussen @mtias ?

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by resolving the open questions about theme submission requirements, readme.txt editing, persistence, and GitHub import/export; done would require a defined builder workflow and submission scope.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
content, frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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