Is WordPress Modern?

Do you feel like WordPress is modern to the standards of today?

If yes, why do you feel this way?

If not, why do you feel this way?

Yes it’s secure but I warn anyone who uses Wordpress be careful with to many plugins and to advance themes can lower security if your not update with releases.

B.F said:

Yes it’s secure but I warn anyone who uses Wordpress be careful with to many plugins and to advance themes can lower security if your not update with releases.

Click to expand...

100%

It's the best practice to use as few plugins as possible. I keep mine under 8 plugins. I'm really picky about what I add.

There is not only a security concern but a general bloat concern that will slow your blog down.

Shawn Gossman said:

100%

It's the best practice to use as few plugins as possible. I keep mine under 8 plugins. I'm really picky about what I add.

There is not only a security concern but a general bloat concern that will slow your blog down.

Click to expand...

I totally forgot to add about slow down, good shout!

Yep. Bloat!

Shawn Gossman said:

Yep. Bloat!

Click to expand...

Too many add ons will do that with any software. It creates more queries per page and slows down your overall performance. If the plugins aren’t necessary enhancing the blog, they shouldn’t be used.

OPcache, like @Tracy discussed in another topic, can help boost your PHP/MySQL performance and cache queries. It will definitely help a wordpress blog as well if speed and performance is important for you.