I was wary of the Wordpress auto update changes starting with I think 3.8. Right out of the gate they updated the $post object in a way that broke existing ins

I was wary of the Wordpress auto update changes starting with I think 3.8. Right out of the gate they updated the $post object in a way that broke existing installations. That was what got me off wpengine and off wordpress entirely. I was tired of the updates breaking existing functionality in a way that made me have to think about it.