While I can go through all of the pleasantries, I’m not going to. I’m excited to share the child theme that I use for this blog. (ZA-Blog). The download link is below this spiel.
One of the first things I was taught on WordPress development is to always have a child theme. Which, for those not aware, is a blank extension of the parent/main theme that you can modify without risking the code being overwritten with future updates. Hence, why it’s used for design and development purposes.
This isn’t my first child theme. My first (and oldest-still-used) one is used for ZachsThoughts. But this one is more special in that it uses the Full Site Editing capabilities of the native Gutenberg builder, and given the direction of the core, it isn’t a bad thing to know.
In addition, this was my first successful project using WordPress Playground, as I figured out how to connect it to GitHub. With this, I can streamline future development for the child theme and potentially create my own theme in the future. Something that I am interested in figuring out!
This child theme is also released in conjunction with my work at Eagle Communications, to allow others to develop their own personal website using some sort of template. Which this child theme may (or may not) be able to provide.
You can download the most up-to-date version at blog.zacharyaustrager.com/child-theme