I'd like to share some features and abstractions I think WordPress gets fundamentally correct that I feel other CMSs should emulate. My first step

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2024-10-14 04:30:02

I'd like to share some features and abstractions I think WordPress gets fundamentally correct that I feel other CMSs should emulate.

My first step in all but one WordPress project was to use the classic editor in lieu of the "Gutenberg" block editor that was introduced in 2018. In my opinion, the admin UI should serve as a data entry interface for HTML, markup, media, and text. A "WYSIWYG experience" is of less importance, and loading a preview page in a new tab is sufficient.

I recall using the Gutenberg editor in earnest on exactly one WordPress project (maybe two), and it proved not worth the trouble.

There's lots of functionality relevant to most websites that WordPress doesn't implement, but is instead addressed by popular community plugins. Without them, I'd argue that WordPress would feel incomplete for most users. The two I most immediately recall are Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and Yoast SEO:

Any successor CMS would do well to either have these features built in, or maintained as first party extensions. This is far from an exhaustive list though.