--- title: Modern WordPress | daily.dev description: The post discusses the challenges and shortcomings of WordPress theming in modern times, including difficulties in creating custom block themes, inconsistency... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Modern WordPress | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the challenges and shortcomings of WordPress theming in modern times, including difficulties in creating custom block themes, inconsistency... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2amlLy4W0.png og:image:alt: Modern WordPress og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Modern WordPress **[Geoff Graham](https://daily.dev/sources/geoffgraham)** · 2 min read · 15 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary The post discusses the challenges and shortcomings of WordPress theming in modern times, including difficulties in creating custom block themes, inconsistency in editing templates, and issues with styling. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yovche** · 3 upvotes > WordPress is still best web solution out there. While you need to create user roles, page types with a framework like Laravel, with WordPress these options come out of the box & are matter of a click of your mouse, a simple configuration. **@ksolomon** · 0 upvotes > Wordpress is far from perfect, but when the client says “we want WordPress” (and they do, no matter how hard we try to convince them to use something else), that’s what you use. We’re currently using a highly-customized version of Sage to build our sites, and leverage ACF Pro for building custom blocks. It’s not the greatest workflow, but it works for us. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Modern WordPress","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T15:38:13.764Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T15:38:12.893Z","description":"The post discusses the challenges and shortcomings of WordPress theming in modern times, including difficulties in creating custom block themes, inconsistency...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Geoff Graham","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Geoff Graham","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/ed29a3a874ac401398d8cf8298c91e3b","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/geoffgraham"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":15},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"webdev,css,wordpress","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Geoff Graham","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/geoffgraham"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Modern WordPress"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/modern-wordpress-2amlly4w0","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"WordPress is still best web solution out there. 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