> while remaining fairly close to it's original vision and principles Yes. The temptation to expand it into a full-blown CMS must have been very great. Thankfu

> while remaining fairly close to it's original vision and principles Yes. The temptation to expand it into a full-blown CMS must have been very great. Thankfully, they've managed to keep image galleries, for example, out of the core, while keeping the core flexible enough to allow plugins that implement such things. I still shudder at the general quality of WordPress themes and plugins (basically no security whatsoever), but the core is compact and relatively easy to keep secure thanks to the exclusive focus on blogging.