I agree, though I think the most important distinction was that WordPress had an audience and core ideas in mind, whereas the likes of Drupal tried to be a gene

I agree, though I think the most important distinction was that WordPress had an audience and core ideas in mind, whereas the likes of Drupal tried to be a generic 'everything to everyone' solution. The former was designed to be easy to use for average Joes, the latter seems like it was designed to be fun for developers while being rather awkward for normal users. Points 1 and 2 here basically sum it up: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/wordpress-cms-crown-drupal-joomla/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/wordpress-cms-crown...