In WordPress 5.8, you can use a powerful new feature -the WordPress template editing mode.
WordPress template editing mode allows you to use conventional WordPress block editors to design custom templates for your posts and page design. It is part of the new feature set called WordPress Complete Site Edit. It is only the first of the many upcoming features. Let you use the Basic template of the editor to edit the WordPress website.
In this article, you will learn about all information about the WordPress template editing mode, including:
What is this,
How to access it, [ 123]
How to design a custom template.
We will also show you the future of the template editing through the experimental WordPress site editor function. Although the last feature of this article is not included in the core WordPress software, it is under development, so you will soon be familiar with it.
What is the WordPress template editing mode?
WordPress template editing mode is just like its name. It is not the content
that allows you to edit your post, but to let you edit the
template
. For example, it allows you to control the placement of post title, post content, post author, etc. When you allocate the template for the post, the content of the post will be automatically displayed according to your template. If you are familiar with the WordPress theme builder tools, such as Elementor Pro theme Builder, Divi 4.0, or Beaver Themer extension of Beaver Builder, WordPress template editing mode uses the same basic methods as all these tools.
The main difference is that WordPress template editing mode uses native WordPress block editors. Therefore, it does not need to install any additional plug -in, nor do you need any code knowledge.
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How to access the WordPress template editing mode
To access the template editing mode of a single post or page, you will start with WordPress editor.
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In the sidebar of the sidebar, you should see a
template
. To create a new template and start the template editing mode, you can click
New
option: Then you can use the template for the template Name and click
to create
to start the editing experience:
Note – If your theme support For template editing mode, you will only see this option. If you
do not
see the option to create a new template, it means that your theme does not support it. You can ask the theme developer to add support, or you can manually add support by adding the following code fragment to the sub -theme
functions.php or plug -in like code fragments.
How to use WordPress template editing mode After opening the template editing mode, let us understand how to use it to design the template of the website.
Let’s start from the foundation -the template editing mode uses the editor that is exactly the same as you create a post and page. You will get the same content editing interface, you will use the same block -based design system, and so on.
The main difference is that you are not creating static
design, but automatically extract the content
dynamic
template from your site.
Use the theme block
To customize your template, you will use a set of themeThe special block of the block . These theme blocks do not allow you to add static content, but to let you use the content in the site dynamic to fill the template.
At present, you get the following blocks:
Post title
-The title of the post automatically displayed. The content of the post —— automatically display the main content of the post.
Post special pictures
-From the characteristic picture of the post.
Release Date
-The release date of the post.
Post excerpt
-From the excerpt of the post.
The future version of WordPress will add more theme blocks to provide you with greater flexibility.
For example, suppose you want ] Above
. To this end, all you need to do is to add post characteristic picture blocks above the post title block:
You can also add static content to the template to the template Essence For example, maybe you want to add a appeal term (CTA) box under the content of the post. To create this CTA, you can use conventional blocks. All posts using this template will automatically display the static CTA under its content. After allocating the template to the post
After creating some templates, you can use post to set the
template in the sidebar The ground is allocated to the content:
Please remember-if you update the template in the future, these changes will be applied to every use of this template every time A post.
WordPress website editor: The future of WordPress template editing
Although the WordPress template editing mode is currently focusing on creating a custom post template, you will be able Edit all theme templates, including header, foot, blog list page, etc.
To edit these templates, you will use different tools, which is currently called the WordPress site editor.123]
The WordPress site editor is very similar to the template editing mode. The only real difference is the specific template you can edit.
Generally speaking:
Template editing mode
– Allow you to edit templates and assign them to various posts or pages. WordPress site editor -M allows you to create a template for the site range for your site. For example, you can create a template that uses all blog articles by default ( You can still use another template created by the template editing mode when you need it to cover this default template ).
How to access the WordPress site editor
When we write this article, the core WordPress software currently
No
provides the WordPress site editor mode. However, you can access it through the experimental plug -in version of the Gutenberg project.
In order to visit the WordPress site editor, you need to meet two conditions:
You need to use the WordPress theme that supports the entire site editor. You can use the full site editing filter on WordPress.org to find these themes.
You need to install the Gutenberg plug -in, which is a Beta playground containing experimental functions.
Since these two elements are still in the trial stage, we do not recommend this operation on the real -time website of receiving traffic.
After meeting these two conditions, you will see a new site editor in the sidebar of the WordPress instrument panel
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How to use WordPress website editor
WordPress site editor interface and template editing mode
is almost the same
. The only difference is:
You can get the interface option to switch quickly between different templates.
You can access more dynamic theme blocks to design templates.
You can click the wordpress emblem in the upper left cornerLight to open the template browser. This will allow you to quickly switch between templates and create new templates when needed:
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Immediately began to use WordPress template editing mode
WordPress template editing mode is a new feature, as follows With WordPress further entering the complete site editing, it will play an increasing role in WordPress.
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Template editing mode is just the beginning. Although the current feature allows you to use block editors to design posts or pages templates, the final startup of a complete WordPress site editor will enable you to completely access the basic site range template that can fully access the theme.
If you want to know more information about this topic, please see our introduction to WordPress complete site editing.
We also have some of the useful posts that use WordPress block editors, create custom WordPress post templates, and other useful posts to use blocks in small parts.
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