Nick Hamze’s ‘Cool Kids’ Post Kicks Off Fresh Debate on WordPress’s Image Problem

After calling for “more weirdness” in WordPress theme design earlier this year, Nick Hamze has again struck a nerve, this time with a post unpacking WordPress’s image problem and why it has “lost the cool kids.” His critique, Why WordPress Lost the Cool Kids (And How to Win Them Back), published on Monday, has drawn strong agreement from across the community and sparked renewed calls for a…

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