The Next WordPress

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Post by wsvincent » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 2:43 PM UTC

The Next WordPress
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Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by skilled » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 2:46 PM UTC

What exactly is the point of this article?

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by Entangled » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:23 PM UTC

I believe Medium is the next Wordpress because not only allows you to publish but also to consume in an elegant and productive way. The recommendation engine is quite good and the daily newsletter sent by email is good enough to make me want to check the stories right away. They make an extensive use of images that really adds to the user experience.

I used to be a Wordpress fan but now Medium has caught my attention.

So in essence it is not about the technical platform, it is about effective production and consumption, and Medium hits the nail on both.

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by return0 » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:25 PM UTC

I think the author assumes that all wordpress sites are simple blogs. Woocommerce alone powers 30% of e-commerce sites.

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by markgavalda » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:29 PM UTC

The most uninformative article I've ever read that was on the home page of HN. It's full of misconceptions and assumptions (that every WP based site can be be replicated with static site generators, that 'WP is inherently insecure' and so on).

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by steffoz » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:30 PM UTC

Just adding DatoCMS (https://www.datocms.com/) to the list of CMS specifically designed for static websites (shameless plug)!

Here Netlify is listing all the available products in this niche, both commercial and open-source: https://headlesscms.org/ Things are moving.. slowly :)

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:31 PM UTC

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Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by joecool1029 » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:33 PM UTC

Entangled wrote: post #3

I believe Medium is the next Wordpress because not only allows you to publish but also to consume in an elegant and productive way. The recommendation engine is quite good and the daily newsletter sent by email is good enough to make me want to check the stories right away. They make an extensive use of images that really adds to the user experience. I used to be a Wordpress fan but now Medium has caught my attention…

>I believe Medium is the next Wordpress

Medium is a service, Wordpress is a platform. If you're talking about a replacement for Wordpress.com then you have an argument.

But this submission was regarding the platform/CMS of Wordpress so your argument is apples to oranges.

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by thinkling » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:34 PM UTC

Entangled wrote: post #3

I believe Medium is the next Wordpress because not only allows you to publish but also to consume in an elegant and productive way. The recommendation engine is quite good and the daily newsletter sent by email is good enough to make me want to check the stories right away. They make an extensive use of images that really adds to the user experience. I used to be a Wordpress fan but now Medium has caught my attention…

The context is sites with custom features. Medium isn't in that market. Medium is the new Blogspot.

Re: The Next WordPress

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Post by joecool1029 » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 4:35 PM UTC

markgavalda wrote: post #5

The most uninformative article I've ever read that was on the home page of HN. It's full of misconceptions and assumptions (that every WP based site can be be replicated with static site generators, that 'WP is inherently insecure' and so on).

Also that static generation of site pages on a mac app would be an acceptable solution.