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by reddalo 8 days ago
WordPress source code is a mess. They should re-write it from scratch using modern technologies, or even a framework like Laravel.
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mewpmewp2 8 days ago
That could as well just be a complete new product then, right?

It would definitely be a breaking change and unmigratable.

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mapmeld 8 days ago
A few months back, Cloudflare used AI to make a Rust rewrite of WordPress, but I doubt that they would have found or corrected issues like this on the way? https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-wordpress/
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mkl 8 days ago
TypeScript, not Rust.
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pluc 8 days ago
Mullenweg will never allow WP to slip away from his control. "He wrote it" so you can't have it.
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dncornholio 8 days ago
Impossible. WordPress has had the PHP-group even considering writing new PHP features in a separate 7.4 branche and release them specifically for WP.
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sourcecodeplz 8 days ago
Who is they? automaticc?
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