Eightshift
Development Kit.

All the tools you need to start building a modern WordPress project, using all the latest front end development tools.

Less boilerplate. More building.

A WordPress boilerplate from the future

Eightshift Development kit makes building complex WordPress themes and plugins painless.

Use and extend our block and component collection to build out dynamic Gutenberg blocks. Extract commonly-used UI elements into reusable components. Forget about block registration and save callbacks. Build a REST route in minutes.

You'll never want to go back!

Your next project starts here

Get started in minutes,
not hours

Boilerplate your project in a few simple steps. Get instructions for setting up an Eightshift DevKit theme or plugin, run a command (or two) and start coding. It's that easy!

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Small details. Big difference.

Batteries included

Everything you need to build, style, and ship modern WordPress projects.

Reusable blocks

Build dynamic Gutenberg blocks with automatic registration and reusable components.

Quick project setup

Scaffold themes and plugins with WP-CLI. Include only what your project needs.

Extendable PHP

Build on Eightshift Libs and an object-oriented foundation designed to grow with your project.

Responsive by default

Define breakpoints once and use them across styles, blocks, and attributes.

Ready-to-go builds

Compile and optimize assets with preconfigured tooling and automatic cache busting.

Tailwind built in

Connect block attributes to utility classes with dedicated helpers and frontend tools.

Built for people, too

An editing experience content editors will love

Provide the ease of use and flexibility that your content editors crave for. Rely on our user-friendly default blocks or use plug&play editor components to build great experiences.