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by spriggan3 3656 days ago
> I'm actually surprised WordPress hasn't ever moved over to it for ease of installation/deployment

For the same reasons Wordpress hasn't moved to Postgres or doesn't include feature X,Y or Z. Wordpress has to remain relatively stable. A change in the database means breaking Wordpress ecosystem, as many plugins add tables to the DB. There is very little abstraction when it comes to Wordpress API and its interaction with the DB. Wordpress doesn't ship with an ORM.