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Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by shash7 on Saturday October 12, 2024 @08:08PM (#41823948)
Ghost is good for blogging and newsletters.

But that's the problem. Wordpress is used for much much more. You can use it as a CMS, LMS, news platform, saas platform, and much more. You can literally customize it to the bone.

Ghost is a good alternative to wordpress, only if you're using it for 2-3 specific usecases.

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Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by qingcharles on Sunday October 13, 2024 @02:23AM (#41825656)
Right. Almost all Wordpress installs are now non-blogging.
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Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by porker on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:11AM (#41825855)
> But that's the problem. Wordpress is used for much much more. You can use it as a CMS, LMS, news platform, saas platform, and much more. You can literally customize it to the bone.

And that freedom is also its weakness. "When all you have is a hammer, ..." comes to mind.

I've had to rescue enough booking systems, LMS's, and SaaS platforms built on WordPress with terrible performance or 20% of features not working to think this is a terrible approach.

> Ghost is a good alternative to wordpress, only if you're using it for 2-3 specific usecases.

That's no bad thing. More specialised tools help with performance and UX for those tasks.

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