Welcome to the Aegis WordPress Block Theme, a modern, lightweight, and community-driven block theme designed for creative projects, blogs, publications, and shops. This theme offers full site editing capabilities and is highly customizable, making it suitable for developers and content creators alike. The theme is also ideal for shops since it has integration with WooCommerce, academic, and mainstream publishing.

Aegis is a block theme built with the future of WordPress in mind. It leverages WordPress’s Full Site Editing features to give users granular control over their website's appearance without writing a single line of code. With a theme.json design system and the flexibility to create custom layouts, Aegis is designed to be accessible, fast, and easy to extend.

Some key features include:

• Full Site Editing: Complete control over templates, template parts and Global Styles.
• 232 Block Patterns: Ready-made sections and full pages (headers, footers, heroes, blogs, portfolios, pricing, testimonials and more) in 28 categories.
• 60 Style Variations: Tailwind-aligned color palettes with dark mode support.
• Fluid Design System: Fluid typography, spacing, shadow and gradient presets, all driven by theme.json.
• Custom Blocks: Countdown, Slider, Toggle and Related Posts, plus enhanced core blocks. Map and Modal blocks come with the companion plugin.
• Accessibility Ready: Built toward WCAG 2.2 AA, with landmarks, skip links, visible focus styles, reduced-motion support and keyboard-friendly blocks.
• Performance First: Vanilla JavaScript and conditionally loaded CSS, so assets load only when a page needs them.
• Plugin Integrations: Styling for WooCommerce, Fluent Forms, Gravity Forms, LearnDash, Easy Digital Downloads and more.

The free companion plugin, Aegis Dash, adds the Map and Modal blocks, connectors and admin tools.

Find the latest version and release notes on the Releases page.

Requirements: WordPress 7.0+ and PHP 8.1+.

1. Download the latest zip from the Releases page, or clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/aegiswp/aegis.git

2. If you cloned the repository, install the PHP dependencies from the theme directory. The theme will not load without the vendor/ folder:

   composer install --no-dev

3. Place the theme in your WordPress themes directory:

   wp-content/themes/aegis
   

4. Activate Aegis from Appearance → Themes in your WordPress dashboard.

For detailed usage and customization guides, see the documentation.

We welcome contributions from developers, designers, testers and the wider WordPress community. Please read the Contributing guide and the Code of Conduct first. To contribute code:

1. Fork the aegis repository.
2. Create a branch for your feature or fix:

   git checkout -b feature-name

3. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m "Add new feature"

4. Push the branch:

   git push origin feature-name

5. Open a pull request, preferably linked to an existing issue. We will review it as soon as possible.

Atmostfear Entertainment is the company behind the Aegis Theme. Founded in the Azores, Portugal, Atmostfear Entertainment has grown into a multinational, pioneering the intersection of gothic horror, extreme metal, and alternative culture in academic publications and digital media.

We are proud contributors to the Five for the Future initiative, actively supporting the development and sustainability of the WordPress project. Learn more about our pledge.

Aegis is one of our open-source projects aimed at empowering developers and content creators who share our passion for exploring creativity through an alternative lens. We believe in fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment where the community can grow and contribute.

Explore our website: Atmostfear Entertainment

This project is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. See the LICENSE file for more details.