Twenty Twenty-Two

by WordPress.org for 5.6 or higher

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First block theme for WordPress

Twenty Twenty-Two is a personalization tool for WordPress. This free theme is designed to be the most flexible, lightweight, and customizable default theme for the popular content management system. With it, users have a great playground for testing blocks, patterns, and templates.

Twenty Twenty-Two aims to empower its users by providing out-of-the-box patterns and templates. It lets you build complex layouts but without numerous clicks. Moreover, the app takes full advantage of the Full Site Editing (FSE) and Pattern directory, which is a big shift from its predecessors. Thanks to this, every element of the theme is customizable. 

What is Twenty Twenty-Two?

As you might know, WordPress has constantly released a new theme every year since 2010.  Every new theme brings innovations and sets a new benchmark for the community. This year is not an exception as WordPress introduced its new theme called the Twenty Twenty-Two, alongside WordPress 5.9. This theme brings major changes to its predecessors, WordPress Twenty Twenty and WordPress Twenty Twenty One, by offering a more modernized ecosystem.

Like the few WordPress themes in the past, this one comes at its most minimal version possible. In fact, with its too minimalistic approach, beginners will find it harder to design a layout. However, once you grasp what it offers, everything will be easy. The theme offers various customization options for typography, colors, and layout. With this, you can design a webpage that is uniquely your own.

Getting started with this tool is easy as it comes automatically installed on your website when you upgrade to WordPress 5.9. All you have to do is activate the theme from the admin area. Note that it uses the new Site Editor instead of the theme customizer. With this, expect a new style of interface. If you use the Block Editor regularly, the new site editor will be familiar.

Should you use this theme?

Overall, WordPress achieved a new milestone with Twenty Twenty-Two. The theme is easy to use and has a great collection of tools that you can use to create and customize your web page the way you want it. Although, it takes time for new users to get the hang of it. Once you do, however, you will appreciate how simple it is to customize your website.