Erik L. Arneson is a freelance writer and software developer with WordPress experience. He is located in Portland, Oregon. Jekyll 2026-06-18T15:03:10+00:00 https://arnesonium.com/feeds/themes.xml Erik L. Arneson Erik L. Arneson 2014-12-09T16:44:32+00:00 https://arnesonium.com/2014/12/bootstrap-and-wordpress <p>I’ve used <a href="http://getbootstrap.com/" target="_blank">Twitter Bootstrap</a> many times in web applications. It really makes building an application interface fast and easy, primarily because I don’t have to worry much about design. Bootstrap makes things a lot easier for a developer who doesn’t do good design work. <!--more--></p> <p>Speaking of design work, this website is not very pretty at the moment. I want to make it look better, so I’ve been looking at different WordPress themes. A theme based on Bootstrap seemed like a good idea. That way, the appearance of my website would match the applications I’ve built for my clients. Nice, right? I came across <a href="http://320press.com/wpbs/" target="_blank">WordPress Bootstrap</a> from <a href="http://320press.com/" target="_blank">320 Press</a> and thought it might look good.</p> <p>I decided to pursue other themes, however. My initial concern was that the website didn’t look any better with WordPress Bootstrap, but I also realized that perhaps Bootstrap wasn’t such a good fit for WordPress. Fränk Klein makes some great arguments against a Bootstrap-backed WordPress theme in his article, <a href="http://themeshaper.com/2014/08/19/why-bootstrap-is-a-bad-fit-for-wordpress-themes/" target="_blank">Why Bootstrap is a Bad Fit for WordPress Themes</a>.</p>