WordPress powers millions of sites, but it may not be the best choice for modern business websites. An experienced developer explains the practical limitations of WordPress and recommends alternatives that reduce maintenance while improving performance and security.

A WordPress plugin compromised in 2020 maintained a hidden backdoor for years, exposing thousands of sites. The incident reveals how supply chain attacks create persistent security vulnerabilities.

Matt Mullenweg acknowledges WordPress is losing market share as new platforms and development approaches reshape the CMS landscape. Analysis of what’s driving the decline and implications for website owners.

WordPress can run on SQLite database instead of MySQL through two distinct methods. The plugin approach offers simplicity while custom drop-ins provide more control for technical users.

WordPress has removed real-time collaboration functionality from version 7.0 due to technical complexity and stability concerns. The feature remains under development for future releases.

Developer monetizes open source form builder with 5,500 users by launching WordPress plugin. Strategy bridges free software with revenue through platform-specific integration.

WordPress 7.0 introduces collaborative block editing with Yjs CRDT and WebSocket support. A new open-source solution enables real-time features through WordPress action hooks without polling.

WordPress charset problems cause broken special characters and corrupted text. This guide explains how to diagnose encoding mismatches and convert MySQL database tables from latin1 to utf8mb4 for proper character support.

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Fake WordPress plugins pose serious security threats to websites. This guide identifies the 20 most common malicious plugins and explains how to protect your site from these dangerous tools.