W.A.R.S. WebDev

WordPress themes 101

WordPress themes (eg Twenty Twenty-Three) have templates for different page types, and styles which determine design of the pages.

Twenty Twenty-Three has nine templates

404
Archive
Blank
Single
Blog (Alternative)
Index
Search
Page

and ten styles.

Aubergine
Block-out
Canary
Electric
Grapes
Marigold
Pilgrimage
Pitch
Sherbet
Whisper

Template parts for Twenty Twenty-Three are

Comments
Post Meta
Footer
Header
Dashboard > Appearance > select Customize on chosen Theme

Patterns and Blocks

Patterns include different layout styles for:

Featured – collection of highlight content on page/story template
Buttons – for interactivity, ecommerce options, social media sharing etc
Columns – 2-3 columns for layout of sections of pages/posts etc
Footers – positioning and possible inclusion of search, credits, bg colour etc
Gallery – image positioning
Headers – backgrounds and background images, hero image, taglines etc
Text
Query
Uncategorized (further layout options)

Blocks are the content elements making up the content in the pages/posts. While writing you can press / to quickly insert new blocks:

Text blocks

Paragraph
Heading
List
Quote
Code
Preformatted
Pullquote
Table
Verse

Media blocks

Image
Gallery
Audio
Cover
File
Media & Text
Video

Design blocks

Buttons
Columns
Group
Row
Stack
More
Page Break
Separator
Spacer

Widget blocks

Archives
Calendar
Categories List
Custom html
Latest Comments
Latest Posts
Page List
RSS
Search
Shortcode
Social Icons
Tag Cloud

Theme blocks

Navigation
Site Logo
Site Title
Site Tagline
Query Loop
Posts List
Template Part
Header
Footer
Comments
Post Meta
Avatar
Post Title
Post Excerpt
Post Featured Image
Post Content
Post Author
Post Date
Categories
Tags
Next Post
Previous Post
Read More
Comments
Post Comments Form
Login/out
Term Description
Archive Title
Search Results Title
Post Author Biography

Embeds blocks