When you’re running a blog, the theme underneath it should do two things at once: get out of your way while you’re writing, and give you room to make the site look like yours instead of looking like a template. Starting a blog today is much different from it was a decade and a half ago. As such, you want to make sure you enjoy every stage of it and can do exactly what you want with it.

The WordPress theme conversation in 2026 has a lot of noise in it about lightweight themes, block themes, and Full Site Editing

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