The shoemaker’s children go barefoot or, as we say in French, Les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés. That’s been me for years. As a developer working on WordPress, I’ve long neglected the design of my site. This ends today.
We’ve recently released a new tool called Studio Code, think of it as Claude Code but tailored for WordPress. A tool you can install by running npm -g install wp-studio and invoke using studio code locally. Or you can try directly using npx wp-studio code. I took this as an opportunity to see what it’s capable of, and oh boy! I’m mind-blown 🤯
It took me:
- 1 tiny prompt to pull the site locally
- 1 main redesign prompt and 3 or 4 follow-up prompts to get everything redesigned and sorted out.
- 1 last tiny prompt to push the site online
The whole process lasted about a couple of hours during the weekend, while watching yet another Sinner-Alcaraz match on TV.
(Ok, I’m lying a bit. The push didn’t work the first time because I had discovered a bug that had since been fixed.)
There are a lot of things that made the experience so enjoyable for me. I can see myself switching how I work with WordPress sites entirely to this process:
- All it took to get access to all my remote sites was to login to WP.com prompted by the tool itself.
- I didn’t have to think much or configure anything. I didn’t have to install any MCP, or provide any specific instructions. It just worked.
- I really enjoyed the feeling of freedom it gives you to iterate on your designs, content, and explore wild ideas. It feels like everything is possible, your ideas are the limit.
- I really enjoyed the safety net of the local development. I can change anything, break whatever I want, yet it’s still local and won’t impact my live site until I decide.
- I literally just said “push my site back to riad.blog” and that was it.
Nonetheless, the tool still has some rough edges, but we’re shipping early and iterating fast. We want you to test it and please share any feedback you have with us. We have a lot of ideas and you can also bring your own, it’s all Open Source.
I forgot, what do you think about my new design? I wanted something minimal but gives you a small “hacker” feeling. Don’t be too harsh on me.
