Will writing simple theme mean less secure?

  • I am tired of asking help everytime I need to change something on my website even very little. I know some little php and html and css coding but I do not know how worpress themes work, except very little.

    Assume I learned to write wordpress theme and wrote a simple theme that fulfills my needs and works. Will this mean a less secure website? Because I cannot write complex things. I will follow tutorials and write the simplest thing possible that works for me. I mean I do not even an idea for example what do they do when they update themes for security. I will only write a theme that displays what I want in the simplest way. Will this mean security vulnerability?

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  • lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    you could customize one of the WordPress default themes instead of writing your own if you are concerned that there might be areas of theme building that you are not familiar with example: https://www.ads-software.com/themes/twentytwentythree/

    a basic starter theme to explore: https://www.ads-software.com/themes/blockbase/

    I’ve been using this theme recently: https://www.ads-software.com/themes/frost/

    use a good webhosting plan

    keep software updated (themes, plugins, WordPress version, PHP version)

    *backup your site files and database frequently*

    Suggested learning resources:

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by lisa.
    Anonymous User 20889438

    (@anonymized-20889438)

    Heya ketanco,

    Assume I learned to write wordpress theme and wrote a simple theme that fulfills my needs and works. Will this mean a less secure website?

    I will only write a theme that displays what I want in the simplest way. Will this mean security vulnerability?

    The quick answer is – no.

    Of course, it all depends on your actions and on the final version of your own theme. If you use your theme only to design the appearance of the website (like, literally, HTML/CSS/JS), and you set all the functionality by using standalone plugins from the official WordPress repository, then you definitely won’t add any serious problems to yourself. But this cannot be a guarantee that your site will be 100% secure.

    If security is important to you, then divide this big task into several smaller tasks, for example:

    • creating a basic template (HTML/CSS/JS – no complex options, functionality);
    • customizing the functionality of the website through plugins;
    • website security (you can also use plugins and other available ready-made solutions for this – Wordfence, Patchstack etc.);
    • setup the full website backup (files & database).

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