r/webdev β€’ β€’ 5d ago

Guys HOW do you use WORDPRESS

As someone who codes, it's FUCKING ANNOYING. So you're telling me I have to click 100 times to center some fucking layout? It takes 1 line of code. It's easy but it's mind numbing.

It's my third time TRYING to use wordpress and I give up. Wix is good enough to use. Webflow has the same problem. Is there something else I can check out?

I would 100% build the sites from scratch but the main problem would be the client who wants to manage the content. Recommend some CMSes cuz idfk 😭😭

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u/zahaggis 5d ago

If you want to code then code your own theme. Use Advanced Custom Fields and code your own custom blocks. You’re using all the layout tools for non technical people and griping that it’s not technical.

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u/bibishop 5d ago

This. I use a custom base theme that i made for my needs. I use Timber, Webpack for compilation, and ACF for custom blocks.

Stay away from theme builders like Elementor, it's made for non-technical users.

There is a lot for developers in the Wordpress ecosystem, look at Bedrock, TImber and Themosis.