In the ever-evolving landscape of website development, making the right choice for your WordPress theme can feel overwhelming.
Today, I want to share my journey of choosing the WordPress Twenty Twenty Five theme for my personal website, a decision that reflects both my practical needs and my vision for the future.
The Search for Simplicity
Any website redesign project should began with a clear vision: I wanted something basic yet powerful. In a world where premium themes and page builders dominate the ecosystem, I found myself drawn to a different path.
The marketplace is flooded with options that require paid memberships or rely heavily on builders like Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, or Spectra. While these tools have their place, I knew my needs were different.
Enter WordPress Twenty Twenty Five
When I started this journey, WordPress 2024 was the latest theme offering that came bundled with WordPress.
However, as timing would have it, WordPress released it’s 2025 theme and something about it immediately caught my attention. This wasn’t just another iteration – it represented a complete departure from previous WordPress starter themes.
What I discovered was fascinating: The new Twenty Twenty Five theme felt less like a traditional theme and more like a base theme from a premium developer. It’s a blank canvas with infinite possibilities. WordPress reimagined what a base theme could be and it did it better than any third party developer in my opinion.
The Power of Flexibility
The more I explored the theme, the more I realized its potential.
One that caught my eye is the ability to save layouts as templates and sections as patterns, all within the native WordPress ecosystem.
These are not new features for WordPress. They were definitely new to me. I was excited because this meant I could:
- Start with a basic site setup
- Gradually customize and evolve the design
- Preserve all my content during transitions
- Build a completely custom site over time
The beauty of this approach is that I never have to switch themes or risk have to re-upload my content in any way. Instead, I can evolve my site organically, making incremental improvements as I go while maintaining a proper foundation.
A Shift in WordPress Culture
I believe the WordPress Twenty Twenty Five theme represents more than just a new theme
it’s a shift in how non-developers can approach website development.
While this change might resonate more with everyday users than developers, I see it as a bridge between simple website building and custom development, all while needing less coding skills that ever before. This is a win all day.
The Decision
It was clear that I made my decision. The Twenty Twenty Five theme aligns perfectly with my philosophy of starting simple and growing intentionally. It offers the flexibility to evolve without the complexity of third party plugins, page builders, or the limitations of traditional themes.
In Twenty Twenty Five, I found a partner for my WordPress journey.