Comment on Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress
Peepolo@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMost large publishing companies, the white house and various government departments all use WordPress for their main sites. Its the third party integrations that cause security issues, not the core code.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yet the third party integrations are pretty much the whole point of WordPress.
Peepolo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Indeed, but using poor ones is what causes the wrong opinions that WordPress isn’t solid.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Sure, and who is vetting the plugins? How often are unmaintained plugins replaced in those popular websites? How quickly are vulnerabilities patched and applied?
The whole thing is easy to set up, but unlikely to be properly maintained.