The Emperor has no clothes I know it's a heresy; like saying the Emperor is wearing no clothes, but truly, Wordpress is just illogical, frustrating and fiddly to use compared to so many of its competitors. I have just spent 10 minutes trying to find out where the header is located in the innumerable customisation menus. Seriously! 10 minutes. The template has one set of customisations, Wordpress itself another, and they duplicate, override, clash and generally confuse. Of course it's a behemoth, and like VHS won despite the superior quality of Beta, it won't be going broke fast. But if they've any sense, it needs to be rethought from the ground up as WordPress 2.0

DISGUSTING data retention & privacy attitudes. If you want your forum posts deleted at a later date, even if they contain personal data or sensitive data.... Wordpress.org does not care. I am pretty sure none of their policies are compatible with legal regulations, and they're certainly not compatible with the best-interest of their users, or straightforward ethics, but they don't care to do anything about it.

WordPress.org is not WordPress.com Seems that a lot of people are complaining about WordPress.com but this section is for WordPress.ORG. The organisation website is free source code and doesn't offer a paid hosting option like the .com counterpart. WordPress is a fantastic, free platform although it has quite a learning curve it seems. Plenty of plugins and templates. It's the CMS champion but unfortunately it's showing some grey hairs now with the new competitors, like Squarespace, providing better functionality. The Gutenberg update is their attempt at fighting back but it doesn't seem to be well received. I'll continue to use this great, free platform until I find something better.

Excellent. You will be satisfied. Excellent. You will be satisfied. I am satisfied as web developer and designer. Reviewing WP needs lots of writing. If you will google some information, you should be able to see useful reviews and tutorials. Easy to add WooCommerce and you are ready for your own eshop. Search for companies using WordPress. You will find big names, of course, WP is reliable. If somebody is complaining it is OK, but giving ONLY 1 star means that the problem is ALWAYS between chair and keyboard. Big brands, eg Microsoft News, TED Blog, The Walt Disney Company, MTV News, Evernote Blog and others are using WordPress too, it means WP is reliable.

Thinking of shutting down my website..... Using their website to create your own website is a nightmare. Critical updates can render your site unusable and you'll be stuck. I paid a web designer to create my site. Over a year later I’m still being held up by technical hitches constantly. This has prevented me doing promotional work as well as adding media to my portfolio and shop. To be honest I feel this site is a minefield and if you easily want to create and use a website avoid this site. I would not recommend this website to anyone I know....