Title: Gutenberg + Themes: Week of Feb 25, 2021
Author: Maggie Cabrera
Published: February 26, 2021

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onemaggie/) [Maggie Cabrera](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onemaggie/)
10:13 am _on_ February 26, 2021     
Tags: [gutenberg-themes-roundup ( 82 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/gutenberg-themes-roundup/)

# Gutenberg + Themes: Week of Feb 25, 2021

Hello! This is the 39th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and 
developments in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface
for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content,
making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather
than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/).

Please weigh in on the tickets below — your voice and feedback are welcome! 

Issues / Discussions & PRs:

 * FSEFSE Short for Full Site Editing, a project for the Gutenberg plugin and the
   editor where a full page layout is created using only blocks.: Noto Serif Font
   Missing in GB 10.0 [29177](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29177)
 * FSE: Add support for `body_class` and `post_class` [29308](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29308)
 * FSE: Template Navigation: previews are rendered but not shown on smaller screens
   [29278](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29278)
 * FSE: Template Navigation: Improve template and content preview performance [29276](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29276)
 * FSE: Rethink blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of 
   markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using
   the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have
   achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent
   API and user experience. alignments. [29335](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29335)
 * FSE: Site Editor: template part border disappears when hovering over nested blocks
   [29258](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29258)
 * FSE: Feedback on adding a background image to a template part [29238](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29238)
 * FSE: Navigation block: Trying to add link results in block error when editing
   in Template Parts [29237](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29237)
 * FSE: Navigation Block: cannot “Add all pages” when directly editing a Template
   Part [29236](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29236)
 * FSE: Feedback and questions about the FSE (also a part of FSE call for testing)
   [29228](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29228)
 * FSE: Site Editor: theme styles are not applied in template previews [29166](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29166)
 * FSE: Ensure there’s a mechanism for disabling creation of new templates [29144](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29144)
 * FSE: Site Editor: not possible to change site icon [29126](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29126)
 * FSE: Add `full and wide` align controls to Query and Query Pagination blocks 
   [29289](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29289)
 * FSE: Fix Site title: Different markup in the editor and on the frontend [29021](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29021)
 * FSE: First step towards hybrid themes: Fallback to PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym
   for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose
   scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded
   into HTML. [https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php)
   templates [29026](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29026)
 * Themes: Post ExcerptExcerpt An excerpt is the description of the blog post or
   page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs),
   and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s
   metabox.: Read more link/button [29168](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29168)
 * Themes: Global Styles: Form elements [29167](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29167)
 * Themes: WP Block Styles: Only load in the editor if a theme opts in [29252](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29252)
 * Themes: Editor Styles: Add a transform for button rules [29229](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29229)
 * Themes: [Discussion] Hybrid themes: Templating hierarchies [29024](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29024)
 * Themes: Mitigate CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is
   what controls the design or look and feel of a site. inheritance from wp-block
   auto margins [28878](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/28878)
 * Themes: Improve dropcap behavior [28685](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/28685)

Merged/fixed:

 * FSE: Improve loading method for block styles [28358](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/28358)
 * FSE: Site Editor: Fix navigate-to-link error [29239](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29239)
 * FSE: Use a modal for the template part creation flow [29108](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29108)
 * FSE: Fix cursor on rich text blocks when outline mode is active [29106](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29106)
 * FSE: Site Editor: Fix misalignment with navigation toggle and headerHeader The
   header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The 
   masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look
   and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content
   and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen
   sizes. [29093](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29093)

Overview Issues:

 * Covering All Features of Template Tags in Full Site Editing (FSE) [22724](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/22724)

General Resources:

 * [GitHub Issues: Full Site Editing](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/labels/%5BFeature%5D%20Full%20Site%20Editing)
 * [GitHub  Issues: Themes](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/labels/%5BFeature%5D%20Themes)
 * [Block-based Themes Reference](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/master/docs/designers-developers/developers/themes/block-based-themes.md)
 * [Block-based Themes Tutorial](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/tutorials/block-based-themes/)
 * [Experimental-Themes.json](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/developers/themes/theme-json/)
 * [Using the Block Editor for Theme Parts](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2020/07/05/using-the-block-editor-for-theme-parts/)
 * [Printing navigation-block HTML from a legacy menu in themes](https://wp.me/p29gdg-4MC)

Thanks to [@kjellr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kjellr/), [@scruffian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scruffian/),
and [@joen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joen/) for help pulling this post together.
Please let us know if it was helpful in the comments! 

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