I designed and built the WordPress theme for my site just a few months ago, and it already started feeling static and lifeless. It needed something. I decided to add animations. The kind of polish that makes everything feel intentional.
Normally, updating a WordPress block theme would mean diving into documentation for hours. Searching for the right approach, testing different solutions, and iterate through multiple sessions. The whole process would have stretch across days, maybe weeks if I got distracted.
But I’d been experimenting with Claude Code, and I had an idea.
I started by creating a custom skill. Within it, I explained my setup in plain language, what I was trying to accomplish, and how the structure worked. Then I told Claude to get up to speed with WordPress block based theme development. That was it.
What happened next surprised me. Claude didn’t just understand the technical requirements. It understood the context. When I described the animations I wanted, it translated my words into working code. No hunting through animation libraries. No comparing dozens of options. Just a conversation about what I was trying to achieve.
An hour and I had a completely refreshed site. Animations throughout. Even some dynamic random elements that add little surprises. The site feels alive again.
The shift isn’t just about speed, though that’s nice. It’s about staying in creative mode instead of switching into research mode. I spent my time describing what I wanted, not figuring out how to build it.