{"id":4723,"date":"2026-04-13T15:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontlinenewsng.org\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:48:51","slug":"riad-benguella-meet-studio-code-i-redesigned-my-wordpress-site-in-2-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frontlinenewsng.org\/?p=4723","title":{"rendered":"Riad Benguella: Meet Studio Code: I redesigned my WordPress site in 2 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The shoemaker\u2019s children go barefoot<\/strong>\u00a0or, as\u00a0we say in\u00a0French,\u00a0<strong>Les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chauss\u00e9s.\u00a0<\/strong>That\u2019s been me for years. As a developer working on WordPress, I\u2019ve long neglected the design of my site. This ends today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve recently released a new tool called\u00a0<strong>Studio Code<\/strong>, think of it as Claude Code but tailored for WordPress. A tool you can install by running\u00a0<code>npm -g install wp-studio<\/code>\u00a0and invoke using\u00a0<code>studio code<\/code>\u00a0locally. Or you can try directly using\u00a0<code>npx wp-studio code<\/code>. I took this as an opportunity to see what it\u2019s capable\u00a0of, and\u00a0oh boy! I\u2019m mind-blown \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took me:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 tiny prompt to pull the site locally<\/li>\n<li>1 main redesign prompt and 3 or 4 follow-up prompts to get everything redesigned and sorted out.<\/li>\n<li>1 last tiny prompt to push the site online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole process lasted about a couple of hours during the weekend, while watching yet another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/alcaraz-sinner-monte-carlo-2026-final\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner-Alcaraz<\/a> match on TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Ok, I\u2019m lying a\u00a0bit. The\u00a0push didn\u2019t work the first time\u00a0because\u00a0I had discovered a bug that had since been\u00a0fixed.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are\u00a0a lot of things that made the experience so enjoyable for\u00a0me.\u00a0I can see myself switching how I work with WordPress sites entirely to this process:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All it took\u00a0to get access to all my remote sites\u00a0was to login to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP.com<\/a>\u00a0prompted by the tool\u00a0itself.<\/li>\n<li>I didn\u2019t have to think much or configure\u00a0anything.\u00a0I didn\u2019t have to install any MCP, or provide any specific instructions. It just worked.<\/li>\n<li>I really enjoyed the feeling of freedom it gives you to iterate on your designs, content,\u00a0and\u00a0explore wild ideas. It feels like everything is possible, your ideas are the limit.<\/li>\n<li>I really enjoyed the safety net of the local\u00a0development.\u00a0I can change anything, break whatever I want, yet\u00a0it\u2019s still local and won\u2019t impact my live site until I decide.<\/li>\n<li>I literally just said \u201cpush my site back to riad.blog\u201d and that was it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, the tool still has some rough edges, but we\u2019re 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\u2019s all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Automattic\/studio\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Source<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I forgot, what do you think about my new\u00a0design?\u00a0I wanted something minimal but gives you a small \u201chacker\u201d feeling. Don\u2019t be too harsh on me.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shoemaker\u2019s children go barefoot\u00a0or, as\u00a0we say in\u00a0French,\u00a0Les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chauss\u00e9s.\u00a0That\u2019s been me for years. As a developer working on WordPress, I\u2019ve long neglected the design of my site. This ends today. We\u2019ve recently released a new tool called\u00a0Studio Code, think of it as Claude Code but tailored for WordPress. 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