[joelrunyon]

Not sure what HN has against wordpress, but it's still the GOAT in terms of blogging platforms. It's

1) Easy to setup

2) Incredibly SEO friendly

3) Most importantly: you own your content.

Yes - it's not as technically advanced as engineers would like - but let's be real - it's a blog - not a venture funded startup.

Buy your own domain. Own your content. Then, just write. If you need help, you can even get it set up for you for free → https://startablog.com/free-blog

[smt88]

No one here hates WordPress because people use it for blogging. We hate it because other people use it as a complex, insecure, messy, un-versioned CMS that some of us had to inherit.

It's perfect for blogging. It's a disaster for everything else people do with it.

[robswc]

Seeing what "low-code" people can accomplish with WordPress is both horrifying and amazing.

[santoshalper]

It reminds me of Microsoft Access in the 90s.

[joelrunyon]

This is accurate. I laughed :).

[minimaxir]

Self-promotion spam aside, all of those points are stronger arguments for static site genetation like with Jekyll or Hugo. There, the site is faster and you don't have to pay much hosting fees if any.

[JohnFen]

I stopped using (self-hosted) Wordpress because it became too much of a hassle and worry over security issues. Life is just easier without all of that.