Build on LanternWP

These docs are for developers and agencies building stores on LanternWP, and for the AI tools they work with.

How it fits together

• The theme is on WordPress.org and works alone: templates, template parts, patterns, theme.json and style variations, plus small Interactivity API scripts. It uses WooCommerce's blocks, never Companion's.
• WooCommerce is required for the store: its blocks and data cover the catalog, filters, cart, checkout and account. The theme styles and extends them before it would replace anything.
• LanternWP Companion comes from lanternwp.com and is optional: blocks WooCommerce lacks, placed by Block Hooks; the demo import; the price history behind the lowest price before a discount.

What we keep stable

Only the names in the public API are a promise. Everything else, including PHP class names and the markup of patterns, is internal and may change in any release.

Start with

• Child themes: build a client's store on LanternWP and keep its updates.
• Hooks: the filters for the welcome screen and the demo store.
• Companion's blocks: what Block Hooks place and how to remove it.
• WP-CLI: import a demo from the command line.