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		thisislife2 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Matt Mullenweg, Automattic's CEO, Seems Bound and ... There's ClassicPress. But a better alternative than sticking with WP is https://textpattern.com/ (which has better and more stable codebase that is as old as WordPress).

chipotle_coyote 9 months ago | [–]

TextPattern needs more attention and love in general! (Although to be fair, it also needs to be developed a wee bit faster.)

iambateman 9 months ago | [–]

I’ve been a PHP dev for a long time and never seen Text Pattern. Thanks for sharing!

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