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In the last 5 years there was NO WORDPRESS THEME OR PLUGIN that I didn't have to modify. I never saw any WP theme that comes with minified CSS/JS, handles sideb
by akerro 10y ago
In the last 5 years there was NO WORDPRESS THEME OR PLUGIN that I didn't have to modify. I never saw any WP theme that comes with minified CSS/JS, handles sidebars correctly - sidebar created after post content, generated by PHP not JS, generates correct <a> tags, even one "modern" theme had links in sidebar with "nofollow"... "SEO-friendly" plugins that make blog generation time 3-5 times longer than before, of course JS not minified, jQuery and fonts linked with ?version=xxxx (prevents server and browser from caching it), social buttons that were downloading ~1MB of scripts and CSS (for Facebook, Twitter, G+ and Pinterest).
Whole WP ecosystem is a huge pile of crap, each plugin adds more and more mess to it. I tried Hugo and Joomla, but they were even worse (Joomla had a few security issues that developers refuse to fix, Hugo was more bloated than WP).
After trying and modifying over 20 acceptable themes I decided to start working on my own blogging platform that will be SEO-friendly and clean.
- pmlnr 10y agoAgreed on the WP part. At the same time, when you make a WP theme from scratch, with Twig and without all the crap, your WP becomes surprisingly fast. Hugo is a completely different thing, don't compare it to WP.
- askmike 10y agoWhy not compare Hugo to WP? That is what people do who want to create a new website. They take a different angle, but the goal for both is to allow for easy maintainable websites.
- jwarren 10y agoI completely agree about most commercially available WP themes... but it's eminently possible (and quite easy) to roll your own very good theme, if you like the WP interface.
- markdown 10y ago> Joomla had a few security issues that developers refuse to fix Care to elaborate on this?
- g4k 10y agoIs your blogging platform available as a service or do you sell the themes? I was looking for simple and clean website templates just a few days ago, but couldn't find anything.
- akerro 10y agoWriting my own blogging engine that will work for my needs. Not themes. Not related to anything existing.
- grobbles 10y agoWhole WP ecosystem is a huge pile of crap This is the sort of noise that should be soundly knocked down when seen. I decided to start working on my own blogging platform that will be SEO-friendly and clean Hilarious. Doomed Project 101 right here. "Good luck."