UXL Themes

<p>Import and export your block based theme design: global/custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns.</p>
<p>Easily move your custom full site editing theme design from one website to another, or from a local installation to a live site.</p>
<p>Ideal for designers and developers working with the Site Editor and a block based full-site-editing theme, who have edited their block based custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns, and now need to copy that design over to a new WordPress installation.</p>
<p>The Design Import/Export plugin allows this to be done with minimal fuss, and can also be used to take regular backups of your block theme based design(s).</p>
<p>Works with any full-site-editing block theme.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0,<br />
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</p>


Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns

I'm working on a theme who's slug I had to correct, which caused loss of all the template parts.

I used this plugin to export the parts from the broken theme, searched and replaced the bad slug with the new slug and then ran the import, worked absolutely perfect.

Thanks folks!

Superb tool, thanks!


This plugin fixes a huge hole in WordPress and allows you to easily copy your entire customised theme from one site to another. This is invaluable for moving from a local development site to a live site, for copying your work from one site to another, or simply for backing things up in an easily portable format.



I used this on the current latest version of WordPress (v6.4.3) and it worked with zero issues. I was copying a highly customised version of Twenty Twenty Three with some complex templates and it worked without a hitch.



I'm definitely adding this plugin to my list of default installs.


Does what it says and does it well

Quickly and easily import and export your block based full site editing theme design: global/custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns.

Oliver Campion

<h4>Template Editor</h4>
<p>With WordPress v5.9 the first default theme with Full Site Editing was launched … Twenty Twenty-Two.</p>
<p>This plugin expands on the functionality to manage (export / import) templates that are not part of the theme without having to have a child theme.</p>
<p>Having a block theme also removes links to the Customizer. This plugin changes that!</p>
<p>This plugin will also enable the Template Editor in Gutenberg for full site editing for any theme!</p>
<h4>Additional Core Block Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Option to enable expandable submenus to the Navigation Block modal.</li>
<li>Option to add full block link option to Group and Cover Blocks.</li>
<li>Option to close other Details Blocks when selected one is opened giving the Details Block basic accordion functionality.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Conditional Block Logic</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enable Block Logic and you will be able to show or hide blocks conditionally by Date / Time. We will be adding more conditions in the future.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Reinstate Customizer Links</h4>
<p>Activating the plugin will inject the “Customize” links back into the “Dashboard – Appearance” and Admin Bar locations for WordPress prior to v6.0. There is an option to disable this if you prefer.</p>
<h4>Edit Existing Templates</h4>
<p>Once you’ve installed this plugin, head over to “Dashboard – Appearance – Manage Templates” where you can change the title, description and name of customized templates from the active theme or any other theme.</p>
<h4>Duplicate Templates</h4>
<p>Save templates as a copy to the active theme.</p>
<p>This allows you to use the <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Template Hierarchy</a> to name your templates so that they can be used for custom post types, custom taxonomies, specific post or pages or anything you like!</p>
<h4>Delete Templates</h4>
<p>Easily delete templates from the active theme or any other theme. This doesn’t delete the orginal theme template, just any customizations you have made.</p>
<h4>Download Templates</h4>
<p>Download your template as .json files to back them up or to migrate them to another WordPress site.</p>
<h4>Upload Templates</h4>
<p>Upload template .json files to the active theme. This allows you to restore a template you backed up or migrate a template to another WordPress site.</p>
<h4>Download Global Styles</h4>
<p>Download your global styles as .json files to back them up or to migrate them to another WordPress site or theme.</p>
<h4>Upload Global Styles</h4>
<p>Upload global styles .json files to the active theme. This allows you to restore global styles you backed up or migrate global styles to another WordPress site.</p>
<h4>Sticky Header</h4>
<p>Easily enable a sticky header / menu in full site editor themes like Twenty Twenty-Two.</p>
<h4>Animate Site Logo</h4>
<p>Enable an option to shrink the header site logo when you scroll down the page.</p>
<h4>Add Google Fonts to Editor</h4>
<p>NB: This is only relevant to WordPress v5.8 – v6.4 and classic themes as the Font Library was introduced into core in v6.5</p>
<p>Choose Google Fonts and add them to the full screen editor global styles options!</p>
<h4>Remove Block Theme Fonts</h4>
<p>NB: This is only relevant to WordPress v5.8 – v6.4 as the Font Library was introduced into core in v6.5</p>
<p>This plugin will allow you to choose which theme fonts are included in the FSE editor and if not required will prevent them from being loaded on the front end.</p>


Options for Block Themes

The great plugin "Options for Block Themes" offers some interesting things that are very interesting for users who create their websites with a block theme such as Twenty Twenty-Four. For me, an important aspect was the shrinked header. But the other options are also very helpful because they simplify the management of block themes.

Great Plugin with very interesting options (f. e. shrinked header)

Import / Export global styles, templates and template parts to Full Site Editing / Block Themes without a child theme!

Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns vs Options for Block Themes