"WordPress boasts an unrivaled flexibility. There's an opportunity to customize every component of your website. That certainly applies to themes. For years, some developers opted to build custom themes from (or near) scratch. Whether starting from a blank screen or a starter framework like Underscores (rest in peace), the goal is to craft a theme that suits your project. This approach predates the Block Editor, which was introduced way back in WordPress 5.0."
"Traditionally, a from-scratch theme is also a "classic" theme. They use PHP templates and the old-school WordPress Customizer interface. This path offers developers more control behind the scenes. We can build features that serve a narrow use case and better protect against breakage. It has often been used to customize the content area of pages with layouts that weren't easily replicated inside WordPress - without using a page builder, at least."
WordPress offers deep flexibility that historically led developers to build custom themes from scratch or using starter frameworks to meet project-specific needs. That workflow predates the Block Editor introduced in WordPress 5.0 and relied on plugins and hard-coded templates to achieve complex, client-proof layouts. The WordPress ecosystem has since evolved so that custom layouts are possible with a default install and block themes provide greater design flexibility. Classic from-scratch themes still provide backend control, narrow-case features, and protection against breakage, while blocks and modern plugins reduce the need for extensive template development.
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