{"id":4107,"date":"2023-07-03T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T16:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?page_id=4107"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:38:33","slug":"site-editor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/site-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In June 2023 we updated the version of WordPress and included 2 new themes: Twenty Twenty-two and Twenty Twenty-three. The Twenty Twenty-four  and Twenty Twenty Five themes were added later. These are themes that support Site Editing. This means these themes are a lot more customisable than standard WordPress themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a good video on the different between block themes and the older classic themes.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_88986\"  width=\"474\" height=\"266\"  data-origwidth=\"474\" data-origheight=\"266\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZ1kruAnQso?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quick_starts\">Site Editor Quick Starts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are two videos showing how to get started quickly with the site editor. One for simple blog type sites that consist in a series of posts the other a school site that will be made up mostly of pages and organised hierarchically.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_78222\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_97638\"  width=\"474\" height=\"266\"  data-origwidth=\"474\" data-origheight=\"266\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Bh1qrSEHuc?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_78222\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div class=\"epyt-pagination \"><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-prev  hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLMHuh5Tryhcg\" data-pagesize=\"8\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"4\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&laquo;<\/div> <div>Prev<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-pagenumbers hide\"><div class=\"epyt-current\">1<\/div><div class=\"epyt-pageseparator\"> \/ <\/div><div class=\"epyt-totalpages\">1<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-next hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLMHuh5Tryhcg\" data-pagesize=\"8\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"4\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div>Next<\/div> <div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&raquo;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-loader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"loading\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/gallery-page-loader.gif\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-allthumbs  epyt-cols-4 \"><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"3Bh1qrSEHuc\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3Bh1qrSEHuc\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">Getting Started with Glow Blogs. 1. A news site.<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"SjQ9PMeO_bA\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/SjQ9PMeO_bA\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">Getting Started with Glow Blogs 2. An information\/School site<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-pagination \"><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-prev  hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLMHuh5Tryhcg\" data-pagesize=\"8\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"4\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&laquo;<\/div> <div>Prev<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-pagenumbers hide\"><div class=\"epyt-current\">1<\/div><div class=\"epyt-pageseparator\"> \/ <\/div><div class=\"epyt-totalpages\">1<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-next hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLMHuh5Tryhcg\" data-pagesize=\"8\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"4\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div>Next<\/div> <div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&raquo;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-loader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"loading\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/gallery-page-loader.gif\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Whole School Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have edited your site templates, you will want to add content, pages and posts. We have help on using <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/the-block-editor\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3737\">the block editor<\/a> to do that. Becoming familiar with the block editor will hep with using the site editor to make further changes to your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full site editing\u2019s features, include (links to wordpress.org documentation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><blockquote><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/site-editor\/\">Site Editor<\/a>: an editor that allows you to edit all parts of your site, navigate between templates, and more.<\/blockquote> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/styles-overview\/\">Styles<\/a>: a feature that allows you to customize your site, including individual blocks, as much as you\u2019d like with different colors, typography, layouts, and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/template-editor\/\">Templates<\/a>: edit, create, and manage templates used by pages, posts, and other content.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/template-part-block\/\">Template parts<\/a>: a way to organize and display groups of blocks as part of a block template mainly for site structure, like Headers and Footers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Theme blocks including the<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/navigation-block\/\"> Navigation block<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/query-loop-block\/\"> Query Loop block<\/a>, and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<cite>From <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/twenty-twenty-three\/\">Twenty Twenty-Three \u2013 WordPress.org Documentation<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This very short video help understand how Block Themes work January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_40765\"  width=\"474\" height=\"266\"  data-origwidth=\"474\" data-origheight=\"266\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hvd6h_RpFJM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2023 we updated the version of WordPress and included 2 new themes: Twenty Twenty-two and Twenty Twenty-three. The Twenty Twenty-four and Twenty Twenty Five themes were added later. These are themes that support Site Editing. This means these themes are a lot more customisable than standard WordPress themes. Getting Started with Your School &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/site-editor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Site Editor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4107"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6882,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4107\/revisions\/6882"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}