Man is on a mission to destroy WordPress and I'm here for it.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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He is a poor man's musk
What is your problem with WordPress? Isn't it part of the fediverse and entirely open source?
The plugin ecosystem is full of freemium garbage. It's also designed so a functional site basically requires the jetpack plugin, which is a connector to automattic's proprietary SaaS.
The codebase is old, like mostly procedural PHP. It's got a long history of security issues, and is just a pain to work with. And it's run by a megalomaniac who doesn't seem to understand what running an open source project is about.
I could open-source defecating into your hands and clapping if you like, but it probably won’t increase demand or convert people, even open source advocates, into true believers if they don’t already like doing it.
And there are absolutely problems with Mullenweg’s stewardship, whatever else you might think of the product.
Don't get me wrong I'm not defending. I was just asking for more context. And from what I read now, I do agree with you.
Apologies if I came across as cranky, it was meant to be a colorful metaphor for fun, not to be unkind.
I got that! Thanks for making sure. :)
Automatticians who contributed to core will instead focus on for-profit projects within Automattic, such as WordPress.com, Pressable, WPVIP, Jetpack, and WooCommerce.
And with that, I’m out. He’s literally doing the very thing he’s been accusing others of doing.
Probably a good thing I started seriously exploring Ghost today. Seems like a great alternative.
I tried some chinese or japanese wp alt, not sure if its opensource started with an H I think, wasnt fully translated but the sites ppl built looked cool
Switch to ClassicPress: https://www.classicpress.net/
Compatible with the same WP plugins.
No gutenberg? I think thats what ive been using since coming back to wp if its the default way of using blocks, I like it. Would you just need to install it as a plugin?
Then you do not want to use this. It's for people who prefer the classic (non-Gutenberg) WP editor - hence the name.
Forsure, do ppl use the other paid block editors with this?