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[-] stsquad@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Did Wordpress ever fork our have people just been migrating to alternatives?

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Forks have already existed. Like ClassicPress or Bedrock. The biggest hurdle is getting the average user to use it. But that will never happen unless WordPress becomes difficult enough to use that alternatives are easier. People use WordPress because it's convenient, not because it's good.

[-] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

IIRC automatic controls important pieces of infrastructure that made a fork very difficult, and they also sabotage people who attempted to fork

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/matt-mullenweg-deactivates-wordpress-accounts-of-contributors-planning-a-fork/

this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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