{"id":3312,"date":"2022-02-09T10:51:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T10:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technocript.com\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2022-12-07T20:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:53:53","slug":"developers-hate-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technocript.com\/developers-hate-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"13 ACTUAL Reasons Why Developers Hate WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Without any doubt, WordPress<\/a> is one of the most powerful content management systems that dominate the web. Though, it is still a nightmare for some web developers who hate it for many reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it was created in 2003 as a fork of b2\/cafelog, WordPress has been able to accumulate a market share of over 43%<\/a> of websites across the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n

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In the context of software development, there is no perfect solution, and WordPress is no exception. It has both weaknesses and strengths. If not used properly, WordPress can get complex pretty easily and might become a source of a lot of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers hate WordPress because they find it tangled, complex, and slow. Or they just don’t prefer its dependency on third-party plugins. Others think WordPress is prone to security issues, or simply dislike the programming language behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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That said, every WordPress hater deals with the platform from a different angle and based on a prior -usually bad- experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But someone might argue: If web developers really hated WordPress, they wouldn\u2019t have used it to run almost half the web!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, even for developers who are widely using WordPress for building great websites, the truth is that some of them do hate dealing with it in some respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We discuss the most common aspects that (some) experienced web developers actually hate about WordPress. Regardless of whether they are using it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers hate WordPress because:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. It is Written By Others<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Developers hate WordPress because it is written by “OTHER” developers!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As we all know, WordPress is open-source software<\/a> that has a community<\/a> of developers who contribute to the project. It relies on loosely coordinated participants who collaborate to enhance the software in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, websites that run on WordPress usually rely on a mixture of plugins and themes written by other individual developers or companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Of course, open-source projects are great in giving the opportunity to individuals to contribute and get recognized. However, without careful moderation of the written code, there is no guarantee that these contributions will be free of low-quality or “badly” written code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is different from proprietary software<\/a>, or so-called \u201cclosed-source software\u201d. Where the source code is usually produced by dedicated teams and can be published only after being carefully inspected by experienced team members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The open-source nature of WordPress might lead to poorly developed plugins and themes.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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That being said, some developers hate WordPress because they may end up refactoring someone else’s code and figuring out how to implement a customized tiny feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, many web developers, especially experienced ones, prefer to write their own “clean” code so they retain full control over their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. It is Written in PHP!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Developers hate WordPress because it’s written in PHP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n

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Another key reason why developers hate WordPress is not the platform itself, but the programming language<\/a> behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress is a web-based content management system that uses a handful of programming languages and techniques<\/a>. The core logic of WordPress is written in PHP<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHP is open-source programming and scripting language<\/a> that creates dynamic interactive websites. Its origins date back to 1994 as a language for web development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. pic.twitter.com\/dFTe63T4pG<\/a><\/p>— php.net (@official_php) August 14, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>