Introduction to Full Site Editing (FSE)

Full Site Editing is one of the recently added features in WordPress. It has been introduced in WordPress 5.9. FSE mainly focuses on the user editability of different site templates without making any changes in the code.

Full Site Editing is the umbrella project name for various sub-projects within Gutenberg:

The core concepts of FSE are:

• Site Editor

  • Site Editor is used for building a site using blocks, layouts, templates, menus etc. Site Editor is supported in Block Themes. To Edit a block theme you can go to Appearance > Editor to open the Site Editor.

• Blocks
  • Blocks are individual and customizable components of a template or page. We can build a page, post, template etc, by combining multiple blocks together.
• Templates
  • A list of block items collectively is known as a template. A template can be used for a page, post, archive, etc.
• Block themes
  • The themes which support blocks and can be edited with Site Editor are called block themes. They have a theme.json file that can be used to configure theme support and options.

References:

• The Difference Between Reusable Blocks, Block Patterns, Templates & Template Parts
• Using Page Templates
• Styling Your Site With Global Styles
• How to add and remove a logo and site icon in a WordPress block theme
• Explanations – Architecture – Site Editing Templates
• Full site editing for site creators

Ideas to Explore:

• How can users customize the header and footer using Full Site Editing?
• How does Full Site Editing differ from the traditional WordPress editing experience?
• What are Global Styles in Full Site Editing, and how can users customize them?
• What are block themes, and how do they relate to Full Site Editing?
• How do you use the Navigation block in Full Site Editing to customize menus and site structure?
• How many ways are there to add blocks?
• Is it possible to copy a block and paste it on another page?