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"I was optimistic about Ghost becoming a viable alternative to WordPress. Sadly, Ghost's plugin API still doesn't seem to be complete."

To me, it felt like Ghost is simply WordPress in JavaScript and I don't think anyone wants that.

Why switch away from PHP just to get the same things and as you mentioned not even get the same things but less?

Ghost, Sails, Ember, they all try to emulate principles from projects of the past.

Gatsby, Amplify and React are doing things differently and aren't copies of Wordpress or Rails, that's why changing to them is a good idea if the different approaches are worth it. Not just because it's cool to use JavaScript...