WordPress powers over a quarter of the Internet. That’s quite a statement for a platform that began its life as a fork of a blogging engine. It’s also quite refreshing since WordPress is the reason I learned to write code in the first place. One of the reasons WordPress is so popular is because it’s so easy. It’s easy to use as a writer. It’s easy to manage as a site administrator. It’s easy to code as a developer. This learning curve associated with WordPress is relatively flat – many devs and users can dive right in and get something functional from day 1 with little to no outside help.
Another reason for WordPress’ popularity is its long memory. WordPress has been around for over a decade, and the core development team has always prioritized backwards compatibility with the platform. Users of older versions of the software can upgrade to the latest version with, often, no loss in functionality. 1
Unfortunately, this long tenure also means that many in the community have a long memory of WordPress as well. They remember the days before plugins. The days before CSRF tokens were in common use throughout the codebase. The days when everyone
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