<b>Gutenberg + block themes: the honest FSE review</b>

<b>Gutenberg + block themes: the honest FSE review</b>
Full Site Editing in WordPress 6.x finally lets you template headers, footers and queries without a builder — but it's not the Elementor replacement people claim.

What actually works: theme.json design tokens are a genuinely good system, the query loop block is fast, and output ships near-zero front-end JS.

Where it bites: pattern management is clunky, responsive controls are still per-block and inconsistent, and global style overrides leak in ways that are hard to trace.

Pros:
— Lightest output of any builder, no page-weight penalty
— theme.json gives one source of truth for spacing and color
Cons:
— Weak responsive UX, no built-in template library worth using
— Plugin lock-in if you adopt a block-collection like Kadence

Best for: developers comfy editing theme.json who value page-weight over click-and-drag speed.