2026-03-07 19:18 UTC
Until I retired I ran my own website on Wordpress. When I retired I closed that but got involved with a local boat club and helped set up their site on WP. Left that a few years ago and someone else runs it now. Consequently although I've noticed some disagreements about WordPress on here I haven't really been paying attention. What's the situation? I'm thinking of creating a new blog, is WP still a decent option? What's the TL:DR version of events? #wordpress #blogging
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@seindal@mastodon.uno 2026-03-07 20:19
@pthane The main problem with WordPress is an infantile type named Matt.
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot 2026-03-08 11:12
@pthane TLDR is that one of the original authors of #Wordpress, who himself owns one of the big Wordpress hosting sites, tried to strong arm other wordpress hosting sites into paying him money. The noise has died down, so I imagine he failed. As a software snob I consider Wordpress poorly engineered and ludicrously over-complex for running a blog; from a technical point of view there are hundreds of better solutions. But it is well known and user friendly.