Theme Blocks Getting Started

  • Resolved erichi

    (@erichi)


    3 weeks, 5 days ago

    The Theme Blocks getting started documentation says:

    These blocks are readily available within the Gutenberg editor, with nothing to activate or configure.

    It would have saved me some time and effort if it properly indicated that these blocks require the Blocksy Companion.

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  • Hello @erichi

    Thank you for the heads up. I will add a note on that page as soon as possible.

    P.S.: Just as a note. The blocks were previously in the main theme, but due to new development guidelines for software published on WordPress’ store, we had to move them to the Companion plugin. ??

    Thread Starter erichi

    (@erichi)

    Thanks for the reply.

    I figured that the extra blocks used to be part of the theme, as I have seen this kind of architecture change forced on other theme authors. I would have installed the Companion sooner, but the base theme had been meeting my needs very well until recently.

    Hello @erichi

    To be honest, it is a double edged sword kind of a situation. We believe that Blocksy alone (as just the theme) is an incomplete package – that’s the reason why we show a simple banner when only the theme is detected, to invite users to download the Companion plugin and benefit from the complete Blocksy feature package.

    In our internal telemetry (manually grabbed data, no tracking!) we have found that most, if not all, of our users already have the Companion plugin installed, as per the recommendation made in the dashboard. And when I wrote that article, I did not think to mention that since it would’ve seem like an obvious choice.

    But in any case, thanks for the heads up! ??

    Take care.

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