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at-fates-hands on March 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The dire state of WordPress

it seems to me WP has tried to be everything to everybody and the cracks are finally starting to show.

I've never been a huge fan of WP for several reasons. One is the horror of trying to crowbar one of their themes into what I want it to look like. The second is the ungodly amount of bloat the have on their themes and templates.

Just give me something stripped down and lightweight that I can build on. Too many of these frameworks are just constantly in your way when you need to do something.

wonderyak on March 20, 2013 [–]

You don't have to use anyone else's themes. You can create your own; and its almost as easy as making a regular static site.

There is never a need to 'crowbar' anything when you can create the entire look and feel from scratch.

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