WordPress serves as kind of an ad hoc CMS for many different kinds of backends. Because it’s easy to extend and a lot of people are familiar with it. When I wo

WordPress serves as kind of an ad hoc CMS for many different kinds of backends. Because it’s easy to extend and a lot of people are familiar with it. When I worked at the CDC, the entire backend of cdc.gov was a heavily HEAVILY customized version of WordPress that did static publishing. I’d guess it’s still that way. It’s why WooCommerce was so popular. Role your own eCommerce. GraphQL is good because using WP headless is popular these days.