{"id":106706,"date":"2024-12-17T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=106706"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:31:00","slug":"block-themes-vs-classic-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/block-themes-vs-classic-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Block Themes Better Than Classic Themes? Here’s What People Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twenty Twenty-Two<\/em> was the first official default block theme that was released with WordPress 5.9. Ever since then, WordPress aficionados have been going back and forth on whether block themes are better than classic themes or vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It seems that fans from both camps feel pretty strongly about their side being “the best.” However, as is often the case, those who are the most passionate also tend to be the most vocal. You’re unlikely to find someone posting a rant on a topic they feel moderately neutral about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes it challenging to get a true sense of how people really feel about the topic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, those who work with WordPress professionally – and developers in particular – also tend to be more opinionated than the casual WordPress user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have my own thoughts, which I’ll share, but I didn’t want this to be yet another one-person opinion post. To gain a wider perspective, I combed through Reddit threads<\/strong> and reached out to my colleagues<\/strong> and other WordPress professionals<\/strong>. I also ran a survey<\/strong> on our sister site and collected the results of another survey<\/strong> that the head of WordPress YouTube ran on his X account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal was to gain a nuanced understanding of what is sometimes presented in an oversimplified way<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what I discovered…<\/p>\n\n\n \r\n