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📣 swidi

What's the modern alternative to WordPress for a non-technical weblog?


Wordpress seeems to be commonly derided here, so my question is this: what software would you use for the following scenario:

- A frequently-updated weblog with images for each post.

- A non-technical user who can't or won't deal with a static generator workflow.

- Themes that are customisable in a GUI and not by editing raw CSS.

Any help welcome, thanks.

  👤 channeleaton Accepted Answer ✓
It’s WordPress.

The reason it’s so popular is that it’s easy to use for non-technical users. Type in your content, add pictures and hit “Publish”. The latest drag & drop updates make it simple to change the look and feel of your site.

It doesn’t really matter what some developers think. Users don’t care what’s under the hood. They just want it to work.

👤 nreece
Moved my decade old personal blog running on slow and bloated WP to a fast and light-weight Ghost (self-hosted). It's so much better, and a delight to write in its clean and simple editor.
👤 flamesofphx
Hiring a marketing firm or developer to do the changes when you ask. I kind of think of wordpress as the most basic complexity..
👤 nicbou
I use Craft, but WordPress would be perfectly suited for your needs.