Re:We’re pretty happy with SQLite and not urgently intereste...
by spriggan3 on Sunday June 19, 2016 @06:37PM
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> I'm actually surprised WordPress hasn't ever moved over to it for ease of installation/deployment
For the same reasons Wordpress hasn't moved to Postgres or doesn't include feature X,Y or Z. Wordpress has to remain relatively stable. A change in the database means breaking Wordpress ecosystem, as many plugins add tables to the DB. There is very little abstraction when it comes to Wordpress API and its interaction with the DB. Wordpress doesn't ship with an ORM.
For the same reasons Wordpress hasn't moved to Postgres or doesn't include feature X,Y or Z. Wordpress has to remain relatively stable. A change in the database means breaking Wordpress ecosystem, as many plugins add tables to the DB. There is very little abstraction when it comes to Wordpress API and its interaction with the DB. Wordpress doesn't ship with an ORM.