I chose WordPress to use for my blog because I’ve heard it’s the best choice for that, but it fights me every step of the way. Some themes apparently don’t allow you to change your font or color at all unless you pay. Elementor seems to have options to change it, but they don’t actually appear on the text.
I’m trying to make a very simple blog with a couple informational pages attached to it, and even that seems completely overwhelming to do. Am I missing something? Can someone direct me to a simple instructional to just…modify the basic things about my site the way I want them? Font, text color, what goes where, etc.
I tried to use Elementor + Astra for this, but I’m not having any luck so far. I’m on the verge of just giving up on WordPress to use Wix or something. I’ve never seen a more unintuitive interface before. I’d be deeply appreciative for any resources (ideally not a two hour long video) explaining how to literally just make a simple website on WordPress without a bunch of paid garbage. I’m not subscribing to something just so I can change my font color.
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You shouldn’t be changing the colour of text willynilly. It introduces confusion and frustration for visitors because any text which is a significantly different colour from your main body text is going to be assumed to be a link.
Try building your site in Gutenberg (native WordPress) on the 2024 Theme…
It’s a free theme & you can modify every style element of the theme to suit your preferences
[wpbeginner.com](https://wpbeginner.com)
Two important things. WordPress (the DIY version, not the .com version) is a professional tool capable of creating extremely large or complex sites. There are MANY themes and builders that aim to simplify it, but building a site is inherently complex – there’s a lot to know. If you won’t even consider a 2 hour video, then you’re never going to learn enough to build well.
Second, Wix is maybe easier, but still not near as easy as they would like you to think.
If you just want a blog and no complications, use [WP.COM](https://WP.COM). It’s aimed at bloggers and you don’t need many skills. Building via self-hosted and themes etc. isn’t ever going to be easy… until AI just does it for you in a few years.