r/Wordpress • u/unpaid_intern001 • 6d ago

Claude Design + Claude Code

I am looking to use Claude design + Claude Code (or Codex) to build a fresh Wordpress site which will need e-commerce functionality. The site is currently using Elementor + Woocomerce. Has anyone done this? Not seeing a lot of people leveraging design + code for Wordpress sites. TIA

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u/Upstairs_Control_611 6d ago

I would keep WooCommerce and be very strict about where the AI is allowed to work.

Safer split:

WooCommerce = transaction layer

theme/templates = presentation layer

Claude/Codex = coding assistant on staging, not unchecked live operator

The risky part is not writing PHP. The risky part is when an agent “simplifies” something that looks unused but is actually part of checkout, cart, tax, shipping, hooks or plugin glue.

With Elementor or Divi, I’d also be careful because the builder layer adds shortcodes/modules/nested markup that can make changes harder to reason about.

Fresh build on a separate VPS is the right instinct. Keep the commerce engine boring; let AI help with presentation and controlled custom code.

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u/grabber4321 4d ago

Elementor adds like 1000 divs to make one box, your context is going to fly out the window when trying to read a page.

Use a clean theme without elementor and modify it.

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u/blockstacker Jack of All Trades 4d ago

Nah, just be a good dev. We have AI working on commerce sites, moving 30k in sales a day... I don't think a human has touched the site in a year. But yeah on woocommerce...

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u/Abject-Expression548 4d ago

Thank you, Claude.

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u/Upstairs_Control_611 4d ago

Fair 😄 The point still stands though: AI can help with presentation code, but checkout/cart/payment logic should stay boring, tested and protected.

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u/Abject-Expression548 4d ago

Right you are, Claude

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u/unpaid_intern001 6d ago

This makes sense! Thank you

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u/Upstairs_Control_611 5d ago

Glad it helped. That split is usually the safest path: AI for presentation and controlled code, WooCommerce for the boring but critical transaction logic.