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Is it a good idea to drop PHP support? PHP is very powerful and for all the hate, has a relatively gentle learning curve. Or maybe I misunderstand what you’re saying.
It's a good idea to drop PHP 5.6 support. From what I understand PHP 7.x onwards is awesome. I've not experienced that myself as I moved to Python 3.x long before PHP 7.x came out, but I trust the word of my friends.
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Honestly, those prices you mentioned are peanuts for a business customer. We'll pay something like US$30k/year in eBay fees (including paid promotions) for a relatively small home-based operation. We're moving to a warehouse soon, so that might be another $20k/year in rent. $30/year to solve a real problem our business has is a steal compared to this!
The fact you are being downvoted for saying this tells me more about the kind of people criticizing WordPress because of Gutenberg/update_cycles/but_what_about_bad_plugins/i_am_the_only_one_who_knows_hwo_to_write_good_wordpress_code_and_everyone_else_suck_at_this_but_me in this thread.
Recently I considered building a new site with WordPress. I haven't used it in years, and looking at it again I didn't think it's the right fit anymore. It feels too limiting maybe? Right now I'm considering going the https://www.11ty.dev route instead. Anyone have any good experiences with it?
I've used 11ty and quite a few other static site builders (Hugo, jekyll) and also wordpress and Craft CMS. But by far the best I've used is Astro, similar to 11ty but much more simpler to build with and much more powerful IMO
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I still haven’t get the approximate number of plugins, assume I checked the WordPres sitemap of plugins seem to be less than “tens of thousands” (excluded those that are already outdated)?
"The Plugin Directory currently lists over 54,000 plugins with 1.5 billion total downloads".
> " It's very possible to make super fast sites on WordPress... " The word "very" is misplaced. What I've noticed is that as soon as you add WooCommerce, you can forget about snappy performance. You may get "adequate" speed, but never "super fast". If I'm wrong, please point me to a WooCommerce site with snappy page loading speed. The question is, do the conveniences, features and content control of Wordpress+WooComm…
As for the anti-fraud plugin which use MaxMind database, could be worth that annual subscription compare to hire a developer and build the same backend for your business.
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> (like adding online ordering, inventory management, etc.) you are better off finding other, better suited options. What better suited options? And why are they better for someone's small business or intention to sell a few products? To be fair, the "online ordering" part is handled by services such as Paypal and Stripe. Wordpress is not doing the heavy lifting. Inventory is just a bunch of products sitting in the d…
What I usually recommend at that point is that users do one of two things: 1. Switch to a hosted solution like Shopify for actual order processing, inventory, etc and keep Wordpress around for the read-only business type pages or blogs. Let each component do what it is best at. 2. Switch entirely to a hosted platform like Wix or Squarespace, which let you do both. I have yet to encounter a Wordpress eCommerce plugin…
Shopify isn't immune to vulnerabilities: https://infosecwriteups.com/how-i-gained-access-to-revenue-a...
I wouldn't recommend Shopify. Clunky, slow, overpriced. And business inventory shouldn't be outsourced and hosted on third party platforms.
Self-managed solutions offer more options to scale and add features, customization and generally taking control over the way your business is presented online. This matters, and customers notice the confidence of a business owning its online presence.
Doesn't need to be Wordpress, but even if it is, the option to use something like Snipcart is there if WooCommerce isn't wanted. No need to switch everything over to hosted solutions like Shopify.
> "You can use a screwdriver as a hammer if you try hard enough, but that doesn't make it actually a hammer or the right tool to use."
Not sure why you thought it necessary to expand "right tool, right job" into that longer version, but you're implying Shopify is the hammer. Why? Because it has "shop" in the name? They stack a bunch of technologies together just like everyone else. And with that comes attack surfaces and issues just like anyone else.
>losing 0.4% market share since February Seriously? 0.4% is what article calls "shrinking"
Facebook lost 25% of its stock price in February from the announcement that it had lost 500K daily users out of 1.93 billion. That's 0.025%.
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Wordpress doesn't actually require that much maintenance at all, I feel like this is a myth or because people have only dealt with very old Wordpress builds. Wordpress now has automatic updates built into it, and large agencies or companies automate updates otherwise. I don't understand your certs expiring, etc comment. That is because of your host if anything, and even the worst host now offer with Cloudflare or Let…
Businesses don't care about stuff like that. Especially if the alternative is free. Any maintenance is too much maintenance.