Why “WordPress” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Wordpress is quite unnecessary now, but so are other CMS's as you can just use AI to make a CMS with exactly the features you need from scratch. AI can also point you to existin…
by 2001zhaozhao · Oct 28, 2026
I have a hard time complaining about agriculture, which makes food, when everyone is mad about how much food costs, and suggesting we increase the cost of their inputs, even tho…
by jsLavaGoat · Oct 28, 2026
WordPress plugin census: 58% silent for a year, but only 4–8% of installs
by wenzelger · Oct 28, 2026 · 1 points
> In my experience that takes hours, and you can't bill a minute of it. In my experience—paying agencies to build and support Wordpress sites for over 15 years—I absolutely get…
by snowwrestler · Oct 28, 2026
> There's no shortage of alternatives. Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Ghost, Craft, Statamic That I like about wordpress is that it is free and has no subscription costs. I run it o…
by prepend · Oct 28, 2026
For those of you who have no choice but to use WordPress (marketing team/customer requirements), I strongly recommend you look at the roots.io stack. It allows you to bring…
by chrisvenum · Oct 28, 2026
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WordPress is a web content management system. It was originally created as a tool to publish blogs but has evolved to support publishing other web content, including more traditional websites, mailing lists, Internet forums, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems, and online stores. Available as free and open-source software, WordPress is among the most popular content management systems – it was used by 22.52% of the top one million websites as of December 2024. Read more on Wikipedia