The onboarding features would have welcomed many new users with limited knowledge of WordPress.

I understand the gatekeeping since their guidance comes from (fill in the blank) and not personal opinions on the WordPress ecosystem. The full site editing(FSE), patterns, blocks, etc., is highly confusing to a novice user, especially if there is no guidance.

Ollie Theme offered that opportunity, the guidance, the onboarding, and the experience of learning something new.

Also, undermining the theme review team from leadership sends a weird message to the community.

This is a missed opportunity for onboarding the next generation of WordPress users.

Let’s be honest, 99.95% of the themes on WordPress.org (fill in the blank).