php's success is tightly connected with LAMP, namely apache mod_php and mysql/mariadb. it wouldn't be hard to put together the base of wordpress in python on t

php's success is tightly connected with LAMP, namely apache mod_php and mysql/mariadb. it wouldn't be hard to put together the base of wordpress in python on top of django. but hosting companies for decades cared only about mod_php and had no one click uwsgi/fastcgi solutions. although this still doesnt answer why wordpress became king of the hill in the php ecosystem. was textpattern/drupal/joomla/etc that much worse/harder to use? in the end wp just looked a tiny bit more professional and an easier name to remember for the masses. this technical dept will be paid for many years to come.