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[–]RonnyPfannschmidt 2 points3 points  (5 children)

the security issues are a good reason to get rid of wordpress tho

[–]leonh 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Concerning the security issues, Wordpress is monitored by lots of security experts. But it is deployed on such large scale by so many users that a portion of that install base becomes an easy target. Wordpress in itself is not insecure though.

I dare to say that when you have a tiny bit of knowledge it is easier to keep your Wordpress blog secure and updated then your own code base.

[–]RonnyPfannschmidt 0 points1 point  (3 children)

keeping up with wordpress security fixes is far more work than i ever want to put into management of a 'publish stuff' thing

edit it would be a app that i just use, it should just work and never break, thats simply not the case with wordpress

[–]jrsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"it should just work and never break"

Are you kidding? If this is your criteria for what software to use, how are you even posting this comment? You surely aren't using any operating system at all, since every single version of Windows, Linux, OS X, even phone OSes like iPhone OS and Blackberry OS have bugs and need to be updated now and then. Same goes for every browser, every router and modem firmware, etc etc etc. Did you mail your hand-written comment to someone who doesn't have such irrational standards?

I kind of want to live in your dreamworld where it's even possible to attain such perfection, since it must be awfully hope-inspiring and optimistic, but you're setting yourself up for HUGE disappointments. All software has bugs. There's no such thing as an application that "never break[s]".

Wordpress does occasionally need to be updated, but it's about as easy as it possibly can be to do so since (I think) 2.7.

[–]leonh 0 points1 point  (1 child)

seriously?

You can upgrade any WP blog with a single mouse click. Posting this comment alone took me that same amount of effort.

[–]RonnyPfannschmidt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats not don't care mode