Building Custom Block Theme Templates: A Plugin Developer’s Guide
Date: 03 April 2025
Hi Reader 👋,
I've been working on Better Search Pro over the past several weeks. This will be the third pro plugin I hope to release this month.
While working on Better Search Pro, I got a support request for Knowledge Base highlighting that it didn't support block themes. Digging into this, I realised this issue occurred because block themes do not have a header.php or footer.php file.
WordPress 6.7 will introduce a new function that allows a plugin to register a custom block template that a user can use. However, if you are a plugin developer looking for this to be "automatic" or need to support any version before 6.7, then this tutorial is for you.
In this tutorial, you will discover how to effortlessly create custom block theme templates for your WordPress plugins, ensuring your page headers and footers display perfectly in the modern Full Site Editing environment. It will guide you through a step-by-step process that includes crafting a Template Handler class, dynamically managing block templates for custom post types, and utilising filters to seamlessly integrate your designs into WordPress’s templating system.
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