#FF00AA

My problem is, I know what I’ve decided I think of some things (or people), but I never remember exactly what facts brought me to that opinion. So I know I don’t like WordPress, but I can never find justifications when I need them.

Well, nevermind that there is no cache by default — it’s not that hard to fix with plugins, after all — what I find much more interesting is this sentence:

A default WordPress install will query the database twenty times every time you refresh the page.

I can’t quite believe that the number is accurate, but I can’t find any rebuttal in the comments, and I’m sure someone would have protested. And that’s only an example of what I hate about WordPress: the inefficient queries, the multiplicity of includes, the horribly complicated source code where you have to search for hours (and across fifty files) in order to modify a simple functionality. It may all be very fine when you’ve got a dedicated server, and you can activate the caches for MySQL queries and PHP opcode, but it should never have been released into the hands of a general audience as a DIY solution to be installed on any shared hosting solution.

I never liked the original b2 code base; WordPress has proven itself quite worthy of its heritage, in my opinion. By the way, since you’re asking: I do like the Dotclear code much better (although I’ve never looked at 2.0), but my top recommendation remains Textpattern. Elegant, clever, well-done and versatile. And this wasn’t a sponsored message.

Now, if bad-mouthing WordPress and b2 that doesn’t bring traffic to #FF00AA, I don’t know what will.