Stage 2 · Lesson 3 of 7
Full site editing and theme.json
In a , the header, footer and page are made of blocks too, and you edit them in the Site Editor. set colours, fonts and spacing for the whole site. They are defined in the theme's theme.json file, which also controls which options the editor offers.
That second part matters for client work. You can give the client their brand colours and a few font sizes, instead of every colour in existence, so they stay on brand without asking you. Practise changing a template, a (a reusable piece such as the header) and a global style. Then find the same values in theme.json.
Common trapstyling individual blocks one by one, which makes a site-wide change later mean editing every page.
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Resources for this stage
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- CourseFreeLearn WordPress
WordPress.org
Free official courses on the block editor, Site Editor, themes and plugins, with lesson plans and online workshops
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- roadmap.sh: WordPressGo deeper
A map of the wider WordPress skill set to check your coverage against once the basics feel solid