On 2024-07-31 13:10, Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I can't find anything about this, however I will say that _the_ reason
> why Wordpress is as ubiquitous as it has been is because:
>
> * It's easy to use, but possibly more importantly...
>
> * The backend is entirely written in PHP
>
> Specifically #2 has allowed it to proliferate on cheap shared hosting
> sites that still today mostly only allow PHP. If you want to run
> NodeJS, Ruby, or other backends, you're generally limited to more
> expensive hosts for that such as Heroku or just running it yourself on
> a VPS. But those options are never going to be as easy as clicking
> "Install Wordpress" on a cPanel host that costs $2/month.
>
> _If_ wordpress does migrate away from PHP, I'd imagine someone or a
> group of people will come along to fork the last pure PHP version and
> "the community" will largely continue on with that fork, rather than
> "upgrading" to the non-PHP version.
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, at 12:59 PM, Snyder, Alexander J via
> PLUG-discuss wrote:
>
>> I recall hearing about this a few months back, although I'm not
>> certain if when.
>>
>> I, personally, don't like JS -- and I am frustrated how more and
>> more of Web 3.0 or whatever version they say were on now is wholly
>> dependent on JS.
>>
>> I think XKCD nailed it on the head, as they most often do ...
>> https://xkcd.com/2347/
>>
>> --
>>
Had not thought of a fork.... nice idea.
As for JS I assume that mean most of the processing has to be done in
the browser which means everything needs to travel from the server to
the browser?
Am I right on this? If I am that does not sound good.
Keith
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alexander
>>
>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 08:31 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I read that WordPress is on a 10 year plan to move away from PHP
>>> and
>>>
>>> become all JavaScript.
>>>
>>> Anyone aware of this?
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
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