Adding Box Shadows to WordPress Blocks and Elements

The CSS box-shadow and outline properties gained theme.json support in WordPress 6.1. Let's look at a few examples of how it works in real themes, and what options we have to apply these styles to WordPress blocks and elements.


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Created 3y | Dec 7, 2022, 3:21:19 PM


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