Right, I agree with all of this. My point was always that requirements vary and it's pointless to talk about frameworks-vs-no-frameworks unless you're clear up

Right, I agree with all of this. My point was always that requirements vary and it's pointless to talk about frameworks-vs-no-frameworks unless you're clear up front what your requirements are. In this particular site's case, the requirements are met by WordPress, so "a WordPress blog" is a simple description of what it is. It wasn't meant to include a value judgement.