Title: Ouch!
Last modified: January 25, 2023

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# Ouch!

 *  [archie_n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archie_n/)
 * (@archie_n)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ouch-4/)
 * With this theme as standard the “classic” WordPress approach is gone. One used
   to choose between either using a rarther nice looking default theme and tweak
   it quite easily and produce a professional looking website or, alternatively,
   installing a 3rd party theme which required some digging into in order to have
   the desired result.
   Twenty Twenty-Three is not as intuitively customisable as
   the classic themes. I looks clean and nice out of the box, but customising is
   a pain.
 * Conclusion:
    - if you like everything about Twenty Twenty-Three and don´t want to customise
      it: go for it
    - if you like a standard theme that can be adjusted to your needs: choose a 
      classic theme
    - if neither of the the above applies, browse for a suitable 3rd party theme

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 *  [Alvaro Gómez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrfoxtalbot/)
 * (@mrfoxtalbot)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ouch-4/#post-16411054)
 * Hey [@archie_n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archie_n/), thank you for
   sharing your thoughts!
 * I completely agree that block themes are inherently more complicated to customize
   compared to classic themes. You have probably seen this already, but the [Site Editor docs](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/full-site-editing/)
   is a great place to start.
 * At the same time, it is also true that for someone who has no experience coding,
   block themes provide more out-of-the-box options for customization than classic
   ones.
 * I am curious as to what parts of the customization you find challenging, would
   you like to share a bit more? Maybe this feedback could turn into a [good issue](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22%5BFeature%5D+Full+Site+Editing%22).
 * Thanks again!

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