Re:How did WordPress win?
by cookiecaper on Thursday February 10, 2011 @01:31AM
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Please don't downvote this guy any more without discussing why he's wrong.
Just take a look at the WordPress' code. "aren't that bad" is like saying shit doesn't smell bad if you get used to it.
Hell, you don't even have to look at the code. Even running some static analysis will tell you how bad it is.
If you take a look at wordpress's internals especially nowadays they aren't that bad
If anything I would say the codebase is not bad and the user interface is amazing. I love it because I know that even the least tech savvy of my clients can figure out its backend user interface so they can make content changes themselves.
Another great thing is especially at this point in its maturity you wouldn't need to alter the wordpress codebase itself at all to get most of the value out of it.
Plugins,whether found or written by you, can take care of whatever you need.