Even if you know nothing about coding and rely on "no-code" tools as much as possible, sometimes you need a code snippet.

If your goal is to move forward, you don’t need to understand every detail of the code. As long as you get the desired result, that’s what matters. This is common in WordPress sites when you need to hide something from a theme or plugin you didn’t create. Problem solved, task checked—time to move on.

But what if the code snippet doesn’t do exactly what you need? In these cases, having a basic understanding of what the code does starts to pay off. For example, if you want to modify a style, the snippet might not target the right element, or the theme structure might have changed. If you understood the code, you could edit it to make it work.

Luckily, gone are the days when you had to open a support forum thread or comment below a code snippet. Now, you can ask your generative AI assistant to provide context. However, there’s a risk of confusion if the AI hasn’t been trained on enough examples of the specific tool, theme, or plugin you’re using. Despite this, you have the opportunity to decipher what’s behind the code snippet and improve your web projects or automation tools. Along the way, you develop the ability to read code.