Question: New Default Theme in WordPress?

When I was browsing the WP Admin section of this blog, I noticed an interesting question in the “Other WordPress News” section.

Jeffro from Weblogtoolscollection asks a valid question: Is it time for Kubrick to Retire?

Kubrick has been the default WordPress theme for quite some time, but with all those new innovations in the latest themes, a question arises: is this theme still good enough to be used as the default theme? Isn’t it time to use a new and better theme as the default theme?

It’s a fact that many people use Kubrick as their base when they start customizing their blog’s layout. This leads to many WordPress themes that are not easy to edit, have little documentation and maybe bad code.

DD32’s proposal

DD32 is a very active WordPress developer, and he outlined his ideas about a new theme in the Trac section of WordPress.org. Here are his key points:

• Clean code
• Little JavaScript
• Default Stylesheet that is designed to be replaced
• Make correct use of the Theme API
• Uses all the latest WordPress functionality

I think this is a fair idea when it’s done correctly. If they can create a theme that is easy to customize, looks good (in code and in the browser) and have a proper documentation, I am all for.

What about you? Is it time for Kubrick to Retire? Let’s talk about it!