One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine

  • Optional
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    42 hours ago

    Welp. Can’t defend that.

  • ElectricMachman
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    205 hours ago

    If anyone wants a ‘quick’ solution, have a look at ClassicPress which was forked from WordPress a while ago.

    https://www.classicpress.net/

    NB: it does have a big friendly ‘migrate’ button which works pretty well (in the form of a WordPress plugin). However, expect some of your other plugins not to be compatible.

  • exu
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    406 hours ago

    Every action by Automattic/WordPress Foundation sounds like something from a 101: How to kill your community book

      • Onno (VK6FLAB)
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        46 hours ago

        I did originally write that in my post, but deleted it because I asked myself, “What’s the alternative?”

        • @horse_battery_staple
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          86 hours ago

          Drupal. Grav, Strapi, Postlight, and many others if you want to self host. SquareSpace or Hubspot if you don’t want to self host.

          • @[email protected]
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            35 hours ago

            Grav and strapi are open core only (arguably so is wordpress though), I’m not familiar with postlight.

          • Maestro
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            35 hours ago

            That’s all fine for technically inclined people, not for the scores of tech illiterate folk that need a big “migrate” button.

          • @[email protected]
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            15 hours ago

            There’s probably already a bunch of forks people could move to, if needed, people could coalesce around one. That should be a drop-in replacement that the hosting provider could even do for you.

            • @horse_battery_staple
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              35 hours ago

              Please don’t fork WordPress. There’s better CMS out there. Look up WPForce if you’d like to see just how terrible WordPress is

        • @halcyoncmdr
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          86 hours ago

          Blood is in the water. The sharks will come to feed on the corpse. If one manages to make an alternative that can be a nearly seamless switch from WP that will probably succeed.

  • ElPussyKangaroo
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    85 hours ago

    Wow. This is sad and funny at the same time.