SEP 3, 2026
The Orchestrated Death of WordPress: A Masterclass in Forcing What Nobody Asked For
In 2009 I clicked a button and the family business had a website. WordPress wanted almost nothing. That ease was half the reason. The other half was better: whatever the site needed next, somebody had already built it. Nobody outside killed that. The leadership spent eight years forcing things users said no to, then burned the community's trust in public, and AI arrived at the exact moment nobody was left who wanted to defend the place.
