#What is Sage?

Sage is a free, open-source WordPress starter theme developed by Roots, designed to bring modern development practices to WordPress theme creation. Its primary goal is to provide developers with a robust foundation for building custom themes, targeting those who want to leverage Laravel Blade templating, Tailwind CSS, and a streamlined workflow with Vite for asset builds.

The theme integrates Acorn to incorporate Laravel features like Blade templating into WordPress, offering template inheritance and components. With Tailwind CSS for styling and Vite for fast builds with CSS hot-reloading, Sage emphasizes performance and developer experience, making it a popular choice for modern WordPress development.

#Features ⚡️

• Laravel Blade Templating: Enables modern PHP templating with inheritance and components.

• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first styling for responsive and customizable designs.

• Vite Builds: Fast asset compilation with CSS hot-reloading for efficient development.

• Block Editor Support: Compatible with WordPress’s Gutenberg block editor.

• Acorn Integration: Brings Laravel features to WordPress, enhancing functionality.

• Modern Workflow: Organized, component-based code structure for scalability.

#Pros and Cons

#Pros ✅

• Modern Development: Combines Laravel Blade and Vite for a contemporary workflow.

• Free and Open-Source: MIT license allows unrestricted use and modification.

• Performance: Vite ensures fast builds and hot-reloading for quick iteration.

• Community Support: 12.9k GitHub stars and active contributions from developers.

• Customizable: Tailwind CSS and Blade templating enable flexible design adjustments.

#Cons ⚠️

• Learning Curve: Requires familiarity with Laravel Blade, Tailwind CSS, and Vite.

• WordPress Dependency: Tailored for WordPress, limiting use in other CMS platforms.

• Setup Complexity: Initial setup with Composer and Yarn may be challenging for beginners.

• Potential Conflicts: Some users report issues like htmlspecialchars() errors in local environments.

#Included Components - Templates

Sage provides a template structure for WordPress themes:

• Blade Templates: Organized in resources/views/ with layouts, components, and partials.

• Setup Files: app/setup.php for theme configuration and filters.php for custom filters.

• Asset Management: resources/styles/ and resources/scripts/ for Tailwind CSS and JS.

• Block Editor Support: Includes editor styles and block template compatibility.

#Pricing 💵

Sage operates on a Free model:

• Free Access: Fully open-source under the MIT license, with no cost to use or modify.

#Integrations 🧰

Sage integrates with:

• WordPress: Core platform for theme functionality.

• Laravel Blade: Via Acorn for modern PHP templating.

• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first styling for responsive designs.

• Vite: Asset build system for fast compilation and hot-reloading.

• Composer/Yarn: Install via composer create-project roots/sage and yarn.