[accounthere]

At this point I don't think Wordpress is going to change their codebase into something more modern and secure. Is there any other easy to use blogging platform like it? PHP based because PHP is everywhere, based on a modern framework (symfony2, laravel, etc), jinja-like template system, support for databases other than mysql?

[oo0shiny]

The new Drupal 8 is based on Symfony2, uses Twig for templates, and supports databases other than mysql.

[return0]

> and secure

Given it's popularity , i would assume wordpress is (by sheer force of Trial and error ) the safest choice.

[accounthere]

Yet the Panama Papers thing happened.

[iamgopal]

Try with static site generators if you do not need very dynamic site. They are super fast and highly customisable. Try lektor, my fav.