Remember our last chat about classic themes? Well, we didn’t just talk the talk – we’re walking the walk. Right into a wall of block editor frustrations, courtesy of Twenty Twenty-Five. Nothing quite like spending your morning trying to make a header sticky, only to find yourself stuck instead.
You see, we’re currently running WordPress’s latest masterpiece, Twenty Twenty-Five, and it’s been… an experience. The kind of experience that makes you question if “user-friendly” actually means “developer-hostile.” Want to adjust some padding? Better clear your schedule. Need that header to stick? Well, stick around – you’ll be here a while. All these “simple” tasks that could be solved with a few lines of CSS have somehow transformed into digital escape rooms.
So, we’re doing something about it. Welcome to Project 1: “Building a WordPress Theme That Won’t Make Developers Cry.” We’re creating a classic theme that doesn’t make you want to throw your mechanical keyboard out the window. Revolutionary concept, right?
Here’s the game plan: We’re stripping away the bloat faster than a developer drops Internet Explorer support. Our goal? A theme that’s less “Swiss Army knife with 47 attachments you’ll never use” and more “perfectly balanced chef’s knife.” We’re talking minimal code, clean architecture, and a foundation that doesn’t require archaeological excavation to understand.
Think of it as a blank canvas, but one that doesn’t make you paint with your eyes closed and one hand tied behind your back. We’re leveraging WordPress’s built-in functions where they make sense (because contrary to popular belief, not everything needs a custom solution), but we’re not forcing ourselves to use them just because they’re there. It’s like having a safety net, but one that doesn’t entangle you every time you try to move.
This is just the beginning of our journey to create something that developers actually want to develop with. Consider this Project 1 of our “Making WordPress Development Great Again” saga (though hopefully with less controversial hashtags).
Stay tuned for more updates as we transform our frustration into function.php gold. Because sometimes the best way to think inside the box is to build a better box.