In many deployments, Wordpress started out as just a blog that is easy to edit right from the web browser, but then grew into way more. Most commonly, people end up retrofitting all kinds of e-commerce features onto it, and that's how you really get into the whole plugin mess. At that point, for better or worse, the Wordpress instance is serving important business needs that are not addressed by a static page.
replyIt went from a blog, to an entire CMS. Which is bonkers
replyPeople like having a WYSIWYG editor, being able to update their posts in the browser, having comments and being able to use plugins. They're also not particularly skilled with the terminal/commands, and a lot of hosts provide a one-click install setup for scripts like WordPress.
replyLike you said. It is a product for people who are not technical and don't code. A product that you would have to use git for, wouldn't be used by the 90 percent in the first place. And there are such products. There is a reason WordPress is the most popular platform. Most people are not technical.
replyAnd people like to be able to extend from Blogs to various other non static features which WordPress allows for.
Its so funny… our wordpress started off as simple blogging thing but now is not only using 99% cpu but also no one knows how to edit/deal with all the plugins etc. Wordpress is the worst choice. Always
replyThe non-profit I help with moved to Wordpress so people can edit the site without having to use git. (We have a lot more editors now)..
reply- Anyone can edit it
reply- Less training; org probably has someone who’s used Wordpress before. (Yes, training. You must deal with the reality of the typical user.)
- In the developing group or agency, anyone can work on the theme if you install a theme builder. An agency can put a cheaper content marketer or designer on it, rather than a developer.
WPE tried to make Faust.js a thing so you could use WP CMS but generate a modern static site but I don't think it really took off much
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