The article and many commenters miss a critical flaw: wordpress only auto-updates minor releases. 4.1.0 will be updated to 4.1.x, but not 4.2.x or beyond. I bu

The article and many commenters miss a critical flaw: wordpress only auto-updates minor releases. 4.1.0 will be updated to 4.1.x, but not 4.2.x or beyond. I built a WP site about 6 months ago on 4.0.x (current at the time), since then it has required 2 manual updates to get to 4.2.x. As many others have noted, plugins are a bigger problem. They often break on new major releases and update less frequently. There is a lot good about wordpress, but the update cycle and security problems are a huge maintenance issue.