WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

[Ryan Petris]

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:
 1. It's easy to use, but possibly more importantly...
 2. 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/
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Alexander
> 
> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
> 
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 08:31 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at 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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