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Search for alternative to WordPress surges worldwide amidst rift between WP-Engine and Matt Mullenweg (www.techradar.com)

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Data from Google Trends noted search requests around the website builder boomed in October 2024, especially on October 8, where it reached a peak score of 100.

The spike in interest signals a shift in user behavior, indicating an active search for options which align more closely with user expectations around performance, control, and transparency.

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[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes it has gotten much better after 8.0

Of course PHP still has some baggage but 7.x was such a breath of fresh air that it gave me hope. 8.x made me love PHP

Edit: for context to people who don't work with php on how this has been an issue (and continues to still be: Hasn't been updated in a long time but still awesome php shortcomings website from the creator of advent of code

this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2024

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