I finally stopped lazying around and decided to create a new theme a try.
I didn’t want to create a new theme on this site with the risk of destroying things in the process, so I decided to create a new test site on my Hostinger account free of charge. These are the tools that I’ve been using:
- Plugin: Create Block Theme
- Plugin: FakerPress
Since I don’t have any plan to put this theme out there for the public/WPORG theme repository, I’m using pictures and gifs that I got from Tumblr. Basically, the goal is just to create seasonal-based themes and color palettes for easier switch. Maaaaaybe I’m going to create a new theme that folks can use, who knows, although I’m not optimistic on that front. Remember when I resigned from Automattic back in 2024? Yeah, so I took an offer at that time, and in the offer capitulation, it was said that I shouldn’t contribute/I am barred from contributing to WPORG. Uuuh, that said, I did opened a bug report for Gutenberg when it conflicted with Yoast back in mid-2026. Lay low, folks. Lay low.
Anyway! So far, things have been… Uh, tedious. I did enjoy the process of creating a theme, though, but, as we all know, the devil is in the details. I managed to create the important templates (single post, page, archive, search result, and the likes,) but I am yet to jump into the nitty gritty.
The plugin FakerPress has been quite an on-an-off experience. While I appreciate the plugin’s help in creating mock content, I found that the plugin is quite… outdated (?) in a sense that this plugin is using Classic Block for its content. Being a fussy person that I am, I ended up converting the Classic Block to regular blocks. Also, I found some images that are supposed to be on the sample posts didn’t get generated properly. That said, it wasn’t a major problem, though. I’ll live.
I’m still keeping the blog-look layout, because I love it. I might try different layouts and vibes (Neocities has been my watering hole of inspiration!) to see how things are.
Initially, I thought I could finish the theme in one day, but I was wrong. One day to finish the general look across templates, yes. Might need another day or two for the details (typeface, padding, margin, and the likes.)
Update: I just realized that making a standalone theme would be fatal for my site due to security vulnerabilities. Hm. Might be best if I just create child themes, yeah?
