Advice on cleaner code in WordPress? Everything I do feels like duct tape...

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• Rector

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Actually, while not common it can be done via https://getrector.org/.

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Using a full-blown JS framework is often overkill, and you would have to fight it more than it would help you in order to make all the PHP templates work. This is why I mostly use petite-vue or alpine.js in WP themes. They are really lightweight and offer you many handy tools, but can easily be sprinkled only here and there, wherever you need it.

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Using a full-blown JS framework is often overkill, and you would have to fight it more than it would help you in order to make all the PHP templates work. This is why I mostly use petite-vue or alpine.js in WP themes. They are really lightweight and offer you many handy tools, but can easily be sprinkled only here and there, wherever you need it.

• sage

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Yeah, we agree this is why frameworks are so great. Consider checking out Roots Sage starter theme. It's a library/framework designed for theme developers.

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