Have Your Feelings For WordPress Changed?

Many of us have mixed feelings about WordPress; we love being on it, yet, we find ourselves being annoyed by the changes that Automattic loves to implement.

Realistically, we are on their platform; therefore, Automattic will continue to do as it pleases with WordPress.

Just in case you did not know, the only version of WordPress that you get to do as you truly like is the self-hosted version of WordPress (The only headache involved is choosing an appropriate hosting provider and a paid plan that is harmonious with our budget).

In my case, I am making the best of the WordPress-hosted version (And, it really involves a lot of compromises); such as:

• Learning to live with the horrible-looking themes.
• Tolerating those advertisements from Outbrain.
• Tolerating those unwanted changes that are carried out by the Happiness Engineers.

Hey, that is only a mere drop in the proverbial bucket.

WordPress can try our patience at times.

WordPress Is Not All That Bad

On a positive note, I blog on a blogging platform that allows me to express myself.

I also get to interact with some of my fellow bloggers.

And, the most interesting part of all, is that I get to see WordPress evolve (WordPress has changed a lot over the years).

I Have Witnessed Many People Come And Go

The God’s/Goddess’s truth is that not everybody who creates a blog on WordPress will keep their blog active.

It usually starts off with bloggers blogging regularly.

As time passes, they start publishing content on their blogs sporadically.

And, in the end, they stop publishing content on their blogs altogether.

Oh well, so much for the sad transitions.

Sometimes, it is a change in the lifestyle of bloggers that has to do with blog abandonment and at other times, it is totally the fault of WordPress.

A Lot Of Us Have Adjusted To The Changes

People like myself who have grown deeply attached to WordPress, will, of course, adjust to whatever changes Automattic decides to make to WordPress.

Whereas, those people who are unwilling to go along with the changes that they do not like will take an extremely long hiatus with the intention of figuring out if they want to remain on WordPress, or leave it entirely for another blogging platform.

The choice is always ours to stay or go.

No Blogging Platform Is Perfect

We might leave WordPress for Substack and encounter some aspect of it that we do not like (The same can be said for any blogging platform on the world wide web).

I am quite fond of Blogger (also known as, Google Blogger or Blogspot) because it allows users to upload the theme that they have created or any third-party theme.

However, one of Blogger’s biggest faults is that it is difficult to find like-minded bloggers on it.

While WordPress may have flaws of its own, there are nice things about it; such as:

• Being able to locate like-minded bloggers via the Reader.
• Being able to express yourself (Provided that what you published on your blog is not in violation of WordPress.com’s Terms of Service).
• Being able to see the technological advancement that WordPress has made over the years (Both wanted and unwanted).

You and I are not perfect either, yet people accept us for who we are.

So, in like manner, I am willing to accept WordPress with all of its imperfections.

Final Thoughts

The way we feel about WordPress will fluctuate.

However, we should not allow WordPress to anger us into leaving it.

After all, many of us have a loyal audience; by abandoning WordPress, we end up turning our backs on our loyal audience.

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