Official WordPress theme for UC Santa Cruz

This theme is being developed in the open. You can preview the work in progress here: https://www-next.ucsc.edu

Theme requirements

WordPress 6.2
This theme requires the following plugins:
- UCSC Custom Functionality, which adds analytics code and custom shortcodes
- Advanced Custom Fields PRO
- The Icon Block by Nick Diego

Development requirements

Node and NPM
Composer and PHP >8.0
Local by WP Engine for the development server

Development workflow

Create a local development site with Local by WP Engine
Clone this respository into your site's themes directory
cd into the project repo directory
Install project dependencies with npm install, then composer install
Compile required stylesheets with npm run build

For testing

Install the WordPress Theme Check to test the theme
Use FakerPress to generate sample content for testing

Contributors

The UCSC WordPress theme is maintained by the University Relations web team in the campus Communications & Marketing office. If you have any questions about this project, you can contact Rob Knight, Jason Chafin, or submit an issue here on Github.