Ah, the eternal WordPress battle: Theme Block vs. Classic. It’s like choosing between a self-driving car and a manual transmission. Sure, the self-driving car promises to do everything for you, but sometimes you just want to feel the road beneath your wheels, you know?
For our first #buildinpublic lab project at WAV digital, we’re going old school – classic theme all the way. Why? Because sometimes you need to get your hands dirty with actual code instead of playing drag-and-drop simulator 2024.
Let’s be honest: Full Site Editing (FSE) is like trying to build a house using only IKEA furniture. Sure, it’s supposed to make everything easier and more “user-friendly,” but we all know how that ends up. You spend three hours trying to figure out why your header block won’t align properly, only to realize you could have written the CSS in 30 seconds.
Classic themes are like that trusty Swiss Army knife you’ve had for years. They might not be as flashy as the latest blockchain-powered, AI-enhanced, quantum-computing theme builder, but they get the job done. Plus, for developers (you know, the people who actually enjoy typing semicolons for a living), working directly with code is like speaking their native language instead of trying to communicate through an interpretive dance.
Don’t get me wrong – FSE has its place. It’s perfect for clients who think “PHP” is a text message typo. But for our developer-focused theme? We’re sticking with classic. Because nothing says “I understand developers” quite like letting them actually develop.
Besides, there’s something beautifully ironic about building a modern developer theme using “traditional” methods. It’s like using a vintage camera to take photos of cutting-edge technology. Sometimes the old ways are the best ways – especially when you want things to actually work.
So strap in, fellow code enthusiasts. We’re about to embark on a journey back to the future, where functions.php is still king and the only blocks you need to worry about are the ones in your coffee-induced code snippets.