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Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

karaterobot wrote: post #10

Counterpoint: I've had a Wordpress blog for almost 20 years, I've never paid anyone a dime. I don't know PHP, and I only use two plugins, both of them free. With a little bit of Googling you can just hack together whatever you need, because there is a lot of documentation for Wordpress. The author is a web dev, so I'm surprised their first thought was that they needed a plugin to load a font.

It's because customizing a Wordpress theme is a daunting task at first, especially if you try and use the builtin editor instead of taking a theme and stripping it down. WP's page layout and templating is... Different. Which is why it's turned into its own specialism / industry.

Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by josefresco »

sonicanatidae wrote: post #7

Let's not forget the horrific number and level of vulns identified in WordPress.

I manage a network of 300+ WordPress sites. These vulnerabilities, are they in the room with you now? I'm joking of course but like Windows, WordPress is attacked because it's ubiquitous. Yet, here I am running a network of 300 sites with over 600 deferent plugins and hundreds of themes over a span of almost a decade without major issue. How is this possible? Should I pick some obscure CMS instead? (aka security through obscurity). WordPress has served my clients well despite being "riddled" with security holes.

Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by josefresco »

Clever title, not a lot of meat here. I have this same reaction whenever I try a new tool. How do I do this? Does it require an addon? What are the upgrades? All pretty basic 101 stuff for a new user. When I jump from WordPress to Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Weebly, I have all the same questions and frustrations.

Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by pacifika »

Wordpress core is quite secure, remove write access outside the upload folder. It contains sticky post now and the query block. A light box has varying requirements so there is not one solution but try the builtin gallery block. And as the article mentions it has a healthy ecosystem.

Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by jshwlkr »

josefresco wrote: post #12
sonicanatidae wrote: post #7

Let's not forget the horrific number and level of vulns identified in WordPress.

I manage a network of 300+ WordPress sites. These vulnerabilities, are they in the room with you now? I'm joking of course but like Windows, WordPress is attacked because it's ubiquitous. Yet, here I am running a network of 300 sites with over 600 deferent plugins and hundreds of themes over a span of almost a decade without major issue. How is this possible? Should I pick some obscure CMS instead? (aka security thro…

Similar experience. I just make sure I only put trustworthy plugins on the server and run updates in a timely manner and I have never had a problem.

Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by Saris »

sonicanatidae wrote: post #7

Let's not forget the horrific number and level of vulns identified in WordPress.

Surprisingly I've run a handful of WordPress sites for 10+ years now, some with quite a few plugins for e-commerce stuff, and haven't had any issues with sites getting hacked.

I mostly think it's due to updating quickly, generally I update the next day and manage it all with a central service, and just not using unknown plugins that don't get updates.

Re: Switching to WordPress felt like a visit to the Ferengi homeworld

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Post by sonicanatidae »

josefresco wrote: post #12
sonicanatidae wrote: post #7

Let's not forget the horrific number and level of vulns identified in WordPress.

I manage a network of 300+ WordPress sites. These vulnerabilities, are they in the room with you now? I'm joking of course but like Windows, WordPress is attacked because it's ubiquitous. Yet, here I am running a network of 300 sites with over 600 deferent plugins and hundreds of themes over a span of almost a decade without major issue. How is this possible? Should I pick some obscure CMS instead? (aka security thro…

It hasn't happened to mine, so it's all bullshit.

FTFY.

Quick, now tell us how secure Adobe products are.

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