Like most things that involve computers, in theory WordPress should be easy to use and you should be able to pick it up as you go along. Maybe with the occasional search in somewhere like YouTube for some help.
But does the theory match up with the real world?
Or are there some things that stay stubbornly hidden or difficult if you don’t know precisely what to search for so that you can find out the answer?
The answer is that it’s a bit of both.