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Why is that a bad thing?
by bananaflag 9mo ago
Why is that a bad thing?
- onion2k 9mo agoWordPress as a CMS is fine, but 90% of websites (e.g. the bit that lands in your browser) don't need the complexity of runtime generation and pointlessly run an application with a huge attack surface that's relatively easy to compromise. If sites used WordPress as a backend tool with a static site generator to bake the content there'd be far fewer compromised websites. WordPress's popularity is mostly adding a huge amount of complexity, runtime cost, and security risk for every visitor for the only benefit of a content manager being able to add a page more easily or to configure a form without needing a developer. That is optimizing the least important part of the system.