To get the Twenty Twenty-One theme up and running, follow these steps:

Get the zip package from GitHub.

Upload your package to your development installation from the WordPress dashboard or via SFTP.

Browse to Appearance → Themes and click on the Activate button on the theme’s preview image.

Go to Appearance → Customize to configure Twenty Twenty-One.

You can now start running your tests either on a staging website or on your local environment.

Not ready to run your tests?

No worries, we have dissected the theme and we’ll show you what you could expect from Twenty Twenty-One.

Just like Twenty Twenty, the new default WordPress theme is not a fully-featured theme, but a minimalist theme that relies on the block editor for page building. The theme also aims at providing great accessibility. In the words of Mel Choyce-Dwan: