[aikah]

> The hard part is choosing which framework to use when you have so many to choose from.

No it's not hard. Most frameworks/libraries stop being maintained after a couple of years. Only a handful are stable and being maintained seriously. It's not hard to pick and choose what to use.

> The simple answer of using the most popular one is moot since we would all be using wordpress if it was about CMSs...

Wordpress code might sucks but is actively and seriously maintained. The problem with Wordpress is that people use it for things it was never designed for. Who is to blame? The maintainers or the users?