TailPress is a minimal boilerplate theme for WordPress using Tailwind CSS.
- Run Wordpress
docker-compose up -d - Run Tailwind
cd themes/wordpress-tailwind-docker-theme && npm run watch
TailPress uses the Tailwind CLI, PostCSS and esbuild.
You will find the editable CSS and Javascript files within the /resources folder.
Before you use your theme in production, make sure you run npm run production.
There are several NPM scripts available. You'll find the full list in the package.json file under "scripts". A script is executed through the terminal by running npm run script-name.
| Script | Description |
|---|---|
| production | Creates a production (minified) build of app.js, app.css and editor-style.css. |
| dev | Creates a development build of app.js, app.css and editor-style.css. |
| watch | Runs several watch scripts concurrently. |
| watch-sync | Runs several watch scripts concurrently and starts browser-sync. |
TailPress comes with support for the block editor.
A basic setup for theme.json is included. This also means that you need to at least use WordPress 5.8. If you wan't to support earlier WordPress versions, you can use an older version of TailPress instead.
CSS-classes for alignment (full, wide etc.) are generated automatically. You can opt-out on this by removing the plugin from the tailwind.config.js file.
To make the editing experience within the block editor more in line with the front end styling, a editor-style.css is generated.
Several colors and font sizes are defined from the beginning. You can modify them in theme.json.