>> Everything seems like a hack on a hack My experience with WP has been the same. Seems like you get a basic theme installed, and then whatever functionality

>> Everything seems like a hack on a hack My experience with WP has been the same. Seems like you get a basic theme installed, and then whatever functionality you need you just download, install and configure a dozen or so plugins. Can't find a plugin that you need? Oh, then you can just write a plugin that you download, install and configure on your own. The bloat from that approach just drives me nuts.