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WordPress contributors have updated the Theme Handbook to include a new chapter on block templating. The chapter covers how the WordPress block template system works, how to build custom templates and parts and include them in a theme. This is critical documentation designed to provide a learning path for those who are building their first block themes.
Automattic-sponsored developer advocate Justin Tadlock announced the update on Twitter, noting that it also includes a couple of new docs in the Global Settings and Styles chapter for registering template-related features in theme.json, and the same for template parts.
The new chapter on block templating is just one part of a larger effort to overhaul the Theme Handbook for modern day WordPress. Contributors are transitioning the focus from classic theming to block theming, with just one chapter in the handbook devoted to classic themes.