Back in 2013 I built my personal site with WordPress on the classic templating system. In the middle of 2024, I had to agree that it was way too outdated. To make any progress, a complete rebuild was necessary. At around the same time, I found the NextJS based OnceUI design system built by Lorant. The OnceUI starter kit— Magic Portfolio caught my attention and kept me in the loop for quite a while. It was cool and fun to work with. I liked the magic touches by Lorant and that I could manage my content with MDX files.
There was a cost that came with the convenience. Having to keep up with NextJS edge-case bugs, updates, exploits and hot-fixes following the discovery of exploits, I changed my mind again. NextJS was probably a bit of overkill for a personal site. So, by the end of 2005, my site returns to WordPress, but with a complete rebuild on modern WordPress Block system.
So, here we are. My current site is running on latest and almost vanilla distribution of WordPress. Block based design is faster than page builders and more flexible than code based templates.
Also, this week, WordPress 6.9 has been released. Being able to use one of my favorite feature– CMD+K command palette throughout the entire admin area is a big addition with this update. It doesn’t list custom post types in the search results though. So, I just made the CPT Commands plugin. It helps me navigate quickly through all of my posts and pages no matter what type it is.