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An edge-first CMS is cool. I've wanted something that works well alongside Astro for ages. That said, WordPress is a weird paradigm to be replicating in 2026. WP won on extensibility, but the actual legacy of that ecosystem is bloat, security disasters and dogshit performance. What I think makes more sense is this kind of edge backend paired with a proper modern authoring experience with visual control like Framer/We…
In my opinion, Cloudflare are coming at this from the wrong angle. WordPress is so popular because back in the day it was the easiest way to get a website built. So it got a network effect of engineers behind it which is why it persists at 40% of websites today. Same thing happened with React - majority of Typescript sites are written in React and NextJS because of the network effect around it. Yeah the security aspe…
The real talent drain isn't about technology at all. It's the governance mess. The WP Engine lawsuit, Matt's behavior on community Slack, the constant drama. That's what's pushing people out.
But even with all of that, nobody's leaving for EmDash. They're leaving for freelance Webflow work or getting out of CMS entirely. Cloudflare would need to solve the "why should I rebuild my entire business on your platform" question before the talent pool argument matters.
So this product has nothing to do with wordpress, it's just another CMS that mentioned WP only bcz they created a migration plugin that won't work on 90% of existing wp sites and won't work on 100% of woocommerce sites. This is no successor, it's not even in the same universe. - vendor lock-in, losing gpl, losing access to plugins source code, loosing ownership.
I run a handful of WordPress sites. The plugin problem is real. I've spent more time managing plugin updates, conflicts, and security patches than actually building content for the sites. But the reason I'm still on WordPress isn't loyalty. It's that my clients can maintain their own sites without me. A small business owner updates their own pages, adds blog posts, changes a phone number. No developer needed. That's…
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Frankly, you're wrong. This is a fundamentally better plugin architecture that WP, and if you can't see it, then it's your understanding of security that's not right.
If you have arguments, then make them. This is just saying stuff for the sake of it.
What I don't love is how insecure it is. You're entirely dependent on plugins (if you're not a developer), and if WordPress updates and a plugin goes inactive, you're sitting on a vulnerability. It adds real stress for something that's just supposed to be a fun personal site.
I stopped building on it two years ago, even though I still like it more than Webflow and most alternatives I've tried. It's a bit sad.
It is written in typescript not php - so not a successor of WordPress. Typescript is a complete other Story. With compile step and build Pipeline. All not necessary in php
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The constant hacks are side effect of Wordpress popularity. Every discovered security flaw is exploited by bots almost immediately. Unless you keep up with the updates you are very vulnerable. It is not because wordpress is built on "legacy" stack. Other CMSes on that stack (and many are very popular) don't have this problem.
I think the security issue is that people trust random plugins without reviewing them. I’ve been running WP with small and large companies and no big security issues. You either build your own plugins or go with the trusted few you need to augment your operation.
Basically no issues with sites built in-house. As you say, only reputable 3rd party plugins (like for SEO, caching, multilang) most others made in-house.
So this product has nothing to do with wordpress, it's just another CMS that mentioned WP only bcz they created a migration plugin that won't work on 90% of existing wp sites and won't work on 100% of woocommerce sites. This is no successor, it's not even in the same universe. - vendor lock-in, losing gpl, losing access to plugins source code, loosing ownership.