Or you can dump it on medium, which looks better on mobile devices and looks cooler in general.
Why Wordpress?
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Re: Why Wordpress?
#22I love wordpress, but I don't love PHP, updates, security flaws, or hosting. I haven't done it yet, but I'm considering using the Simply Static plugin[0] to migrate to generated static pages from my wordpress instance, which sidesteps all of those problems. [0]: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/
I would also look into the myriad of static site generators that are probably much faster than the WP static site plugin and use modern tools and libraries.
https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/05/02/top-ten-static-websi...
Roots is mentioned, but the team has since developed Spike which is built on a more modern stack:
Re: Why Wordpress?
#23I love wordpress, but I don't love PHP, updates, security flaws, or hosting. I haven't done it yet, but I'm considering using the Simply Static plugin[0] to migrate to generated static pages from my wordpress instance, which sidesteps all of those problems. [0]: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/
I would also look into the myriad of static site generators that are probably much faster than the WP static site plugin and use modern tools and libraries. https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/05/02/top-ten-static-websi... Roots is mentioned, but the team has since developed Spike which is built on a more modern stack: https://github.com/static-dev/spike https://www.spike.cf/
I've looked into Jekyll before, but I'd prefer to use a plugin for ease of migration and Wordpress's user experience.
Re: Why Wordpress?
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's why wpengine is such an excellent choice for a lot of users. On the topic of PravlageTiem, the issue of WordPress' security flaws seems to be incidental to his attempt to accuse Sam Altman of censorship. If I had to guess, that would be why the comment is dead. I wouldn't call that sarcasm.
Even with WPengine, security issues are a very common thing. WPengine can keep some things up to date, but plugins and themes are exploited often. Worse, an enterprise deployment at scale is a huge nightmare. Exploiting WP sites on HackerOne can be a very profitable business for many.
Not to mention, it doesn't matter if things are kept up to date when Wordpress takes months to issue a patch for critical security problems.
Re: Why Wordpress?
#25I never got into WP, but had multiple good experiences with Drupal. The problem for me is that WP gives you a good foundation, but if you don't know how to develop on that foundation, write your own plugins, or control your own security, you end up doing what 99.5% of the people do that use WP:
1 - use a C panel "one click" install of the CMS from your web host
2 - start looking for plugins to give you the functionality you want
3 - install said plugins without sand boxing them or even testing them for vulnerabilities.
4 - end up getting hacked and then wonder what happened
It's true that for the most part the WP core is pretty solid, but its the billions of sketchy plugins that people use that create vulnerabilities and allows their sited to get hacked.
Re: Why Wordpress?
#26Because people who don't actually know how to build websites are fooled into thinking they have a tool that will fill that knowledge gap, despite the security implications that they are oblivious to.
It's the first choice among a huge number of web devs though, which seems contrary to it being that the person deploying it doesn't know better.
It's the Microsoft Word of Web Content Creation, if the people you're building a site for have any pre-existing experience with creating and editing content online it's probably with Wordpress. That puts it ahead of 90% of the opposition off the bat because the client is already comfortable with the platform. Developers like programming more than they like teaching people how to use the sites they built.
Re: Why Wordpress?
#27Wordpress (with auto-updates enabled) + modsecurity with the owasp ruleset = I've never had a problem.
I'm sure if someone targeted me specifically that statement wouldn't be true, but I don't fear having a Wordpress site on the Internet at the moment.
Re: Why Wordpress?
#28People keep saying wp is bad. Ye it is from your point of view. But there are maybe billions who have no clue how internet works but they want a site/blog/shop whatever. Many of them don't even think about paying someone to make a website, or pay for tools.
So they pick wordpress: 1 click install in cpanel, no html, css, js, php knowledge whatsoever, pick a free theme from millions of themes, pick plugins from millions free ones, done. Maybe a bit of google to personalize it but that's it.
What do you offer devs who can make a quick 50 bucks in afternoon installing a plugin/theme, or even 100 for a quick website with admin panel and all that easy stuff?
There is a market for everyone and cms's will live one way or another. The simple & free stuff will always be more successful.
Re: Why Wordpress?
#29Re: Why Wordpress?
#30Because you want to get hacked.