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I did not know that their motto is: > ‘Clean, Lean, and Mean’ And even after double-checking, I can only assume it's somewhat outdated, or outright irony. Bec
by matt4077 8y ago
I did not know that their motto is:
> ‘Clean, Lean, and Mean’
And even after double-checking, I can only assume it's somewhat outdated, or outright irony. Because while I consider WP among the software that has done the most good over the last few decades, those three words really don't come to mind when trying to describe it.
Of course at the time it came out it's immediate comparisons where these $7-digit behemoths being sold to Fortune 500 companies, and it probably did not rely on plugins as much as it does now. So I can see how clean & mean made sense at the time.
- lbriner 8y agoI think they mean the core is clean, lean and mean. The reality is that most people will use themes, customisations of themes and a stack of plugins so what you end up with on disk is none of the above. Most of us never have to touch the core though.
- rocketpastsix 8y agoThe core is a mess too. And they refuse to modernize their code.