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Is Wordpress Still Good? Other Good Options?

Posted by Anonymous on 3/16/2013 at 9:59 AM ET 250 Points
Seeking opinion on CMS options.

WordPress has been the darling choice of most for a while now, however with growing security and plug-in issues, is it still? Are there better options?

What about Processwire? Supposed to be very good, becoming more popular. Experienced web developers seem to like it. Is it as user-friendly?

Your opinion will be appreciated.
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  • Posted by modza on 3/16/2013 at 11:51 AM Accepted
    Depends on your situation and goals. If you are a marketer or other executive partially or completely dependent on someone else to develop/maintain your site, a very strong argument for sticking with Wordpress is that it is so well established that you can almost always find someone to help you. This lowers "total cost of ownership" and headaches down the road.
  • Posted by modza on 3/16/2013 at 11:57 AM Member
    Part of the seeming increase in WP issues is that it is so dominant that it attracts more hackers. Here's a good commonsense article from last fall that reminds us of easy mistakes that make WP (much) more vulnerable than it needs to be: https://www.netmagazine.com/features/20-common-wordpress-mistakes-myths-and...
  • Posted by Moriarty on 3/16/2013 at 2:15 PM Accepted
    I found wordpress cluttered. There are way too many plugins and widgets few of which are up to date, but still listed. It works, only there are better ones out there. The other problem is that there are too many people who think they can do Wordpress and the costs are appropriately low. Experienced web designers like it because they haven't used anything else judging by their forums. They didn't even know that you could switch between visual and text in the editor - which amazingly with Wordpress you can't. It is, by the way, the only one where you can't.

    I am currently exploring a new CMS/blogging platform that came out last year called Bolt (https://bolt.cm) it is lightweight and relatively easy to use. You will need some programming skills, only the documentation for it is the first I have ever seen that you can actually understand. Usually the geeks lose me within two sentences - and that goes for Wordpress too. There will be some facet of terminology or whatever that gets missed out on and you are left without anything to walk on.

    Bolt's backup forum is also excellent, providing serious and well thought out answers. There are a few developers in the Netherlands and Norway.
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 3/16/2013 at 2:19 PM Accepted
    I agree with Phil, WordPress is not exactly a simple DIY solution. But I can't say I've found the perfect "all things to all people" simple platform either.

    Here's some info that may help you:
    https://devin.reams.me/2013/what-competition-is-wordpress-up-against/
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 3/16/2013 at 2:49 PM Member
    I haven't tried Processwire myself, but it's certainly getting good reviews. Here's a link comparing it to WordPress:

    https://www.globi.ca/blog/wordpress_vs_processwire/
  • Posted by Moriarty on 3/16/2013 at 3:47 PM Member
    While the pool of Bolt developers isn't big by any means - the reason I brought it up is that it is very well set up and the documetation is exceptional. I reckon any sensible developer who can handle Wordpress programming would be able to grasp Bolt within a very short period - and find it a breath of fresh air!

    Put another way - what sort of restrictions are you worried about? I would think that any developer seeing Bolt will think "simple and sensible approach". The robust support I've had on their forums beats those on Wordpress hands down.
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