# Is it my imagination or is Word Press utter crap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513 "2010-03-15T03:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513/1 "2010-03-15T03:41:03Z")
My and my partner have been struggling with a client that insists on using WordPress. WTF is up with that place? Is it as bad as it seems? What can we use in the alternative? ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513/2 "2010-03-15T03:44:16Z")
And we are having trouble, my friend made some code on there and now it won’t even let us change it. Any idea what is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513/3 "2010-03-15T03:53:31Z")
Some people really like their software and are loyal to it. Like with Wikipedia, which uses MediaWiki. There’s no question MediaWiki is excellent but for most people it is WAY too much for their needs. There are a lot of alternatives to it. But people like Wikipedia so they insist on MediaWiki. The Wikipedia article lists a lot of alternative [blog software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblog_software) both free and at cost ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513/4 "2010-03-15T03:55:21Z")
I have a wordpress blog but it’s self-hosted. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513/5 "2010-03-15T05:47:48Z")
I self-host WordPress too. No real problems here, although I’m so limited in knowledge of PHP and CSS that I can’t customize it to my satisfaction. I also can’t seem to find a happy medium between death from spam and permitting users to add comments, but that’s not a major concern for me. ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_Kennedy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Terry\_Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terry_Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-word-press-utter-crap/532513/6 "2010-03-15T09:05:36Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I self-host WordPress too. Same here. I wonder if the original poster’s problem is with the WordPress software or with hosting restrictions at [WordPress.com](http://WordPress.com). > [@](#): > > I also can’t seem to find a happy medium between death from spam and permitting users to add comments, but that’s not a major concern for me. I’m using Akismet and SABRE. New users have to pass a CAPTCHA test to register, must confirm registration via email, must be registered to post, and their first comment has to be approved by me before it appears. That’s fine for my low-traffic blogs but might be too much overhead for a blog with many comments.