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You can easily build MVPs and simple applications with WordPress without coding knowledge. That said, this would inevitably lead to scalability, performance, security, and backward compatibility issues if your application gets some traction. I’ve been compiling a list of common problems for large WordPress websites which uncovers a good number of challenges when using large and bloated plugins (premium…
1. WordPress is a Platform It’s an open-source software CMS that runs 29% of the web. There’s a popular site named WordPress.com which offers a hosted version of the software. It’s fairly limited, although Automattic – the company owning the product (whose CEO is also a co-founder of the WordPress software) – continuously introduces some additions and…
1. WordPress is Primarily Used For Website Development While you can leverage the REST API in WordPress for any sort of application (including mobile or desktop), its primarily usage right now is for web development. Sure, you can also embed it into a hybrid application running in a headless browser or something else wrapping the…
Themify, most fancy premium themes, and most page builders are meant for solopreneurs, inexperienced business owners and freelancers who want to earn a quick buck for a site that won’t generate any traction anytime soon. The market for providing “site builder” services with no additional value is generally oversaturated. You can probably get a new small project…
As someone who regularly hires WordPress developers, I can confirm that good developers are in demand. Note that I’ve said good developers. WordPress Developers ARE In Demand WordPress currently powers 30% of the web – which equates to tens of millions of websites (roughly speaking). This includes a massive portion of small business websites and…
As other respondents have noted, new features are usually slowing down a website – but only under specific circumstances. WordPress – and the other web application platforms and frameworks – generate web pages rendered at the browser with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (together with other assets such as images and fonts). Those are processed depending…
I’m a bit biased since I’ve been profiling in WordPress for a while now but I’ll share some objective points. That said, Magento has been a leading solution for eCommerce stores for quite some time. It does one thing and does it well – handling large volume of products, orders, and customers for online shops.…
Because building a complex WordPress platform depends on intimate familiarity with the CMS and a careful selection of a theme and plugins (if any). WordPress Site Building Most vendors either discard WordPress entirely or create a LEGO by bundling dozens and dozens of randomly picked plugins combined with a premium WordPress theme. Both approaches are…
Learning PHP through WordPress is possible, although I wouldn’t recommend it. Learning PHP From WordPress In all honesty, I know of a couple dozen people who followed that route. One of the smartest minds in my network did that – but it happened over a decade ago when email lists and support forums were still…
Short answer: You can’t. The long answer is complicated and should be avoided if possible. That said, there are always workarounds… Rewrite the plugin The most viable (and rightful) option is often rewriting the core logic of the plugin. It’s the most time consuming one, but it doesn’t depend on the WordPress Core. Plugins tend…