I agree that WP has certainly made it easier to do these kinds of things, but I still think it's a classic case of using the wrong tool for the wrong job. There

I agree that WP has certainly made it easier to do these kinds of things, but I still think it's a classic case of using the wrong tool for the wrong job. There is a whole lot of different "eco system" of features in there that you don't use. What is worse, these unused features (or plugins that add multiple features) that you don't care about are potential attack vectors, but I've made this off-topic enough. So, I'll drop it.