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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 07:30:43 JST Eugen Rochko

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   My mom asked me to help her with a problem with her WordPress (.com) site, and oh boy. It's been a while since I've seen a UI that frustrating. The new theme editor is a sluggish nightmare. It took me by surprise too, was originally trying to troubleshoot an issue with her original theme, switched to another, suddenly the theme editor is completely different, previous theme nowhere to be found.

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     excited for the mastodon rise (qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 07:32:50 JST excited for the mastodon rise

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     @Gargron Yeah it's bad.

     On the one I"m trying to run, you can't edit the content under the content tab, you an only edit the content under the theme tab.

     Where it's very easy to also accidentally edit the theme instead.

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     Al & Val's Modern Homesteading (alandvalonline@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 09:28:51 JST Al & Val's Modern Homesteading

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     @Gargron Years ago, I began looking for something to make designing websites for clients easier. I looked at WP, Drupal, Joomla and others. Joomla was my pick, and it's been a dream ever since. I've contributed some content to the project and have created just about every kind of site you could imagine, from single page sites to huge enterprise sized sites. From pre V1 to today's 6.01, it's been a great ride so far.

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     Jer Clarke (jerclarke@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 10:52:06 JST Jer Clarke

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     @Gargron The Full Site Editor is a big switch that WP has been making for years, but got real intense recently.

     I see it as a system for building extremely dynamic sites without code, with a corresponding increase in complexity for authors and developers. CSS and layouts have become way more complicated, and WP has become more complex to match.

     It’s a shame so many are alienated from it.

     I suggest using the latest default theme (Twenty Twenty-Five) and learning the system.

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     Oliver Gassner :mastodon: (oliverg@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 14:11:18 JST Oliver Gassner :mastodon:

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     @Gargron wp was a great way to simply publish. Now it is the ultimate "model railway" as I call it.