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October 29th, 2007 Things I like about WordPress

There are a lot of things I absolutely love about this blog script. I no longer hate it (yes, I used this word up until recently for it), surprising as that may be to some of you.

To make a random little note to myself, I shall write up what I like and love about it! Why not, you know? I’ll also write what I don’t like about it, too.

1) Plugins
Plugins are a God-send, honestly. CutenewsRU had them, of course. But not nearly as many or as useful as WordPress plugins
2) Compatibility
Since everyone and their granny uses WordPress, a lot of websites, scripts, services and programs work with the script. Take FeedBurner for example, and Windows Live Writer as well.
3) Friendliness
As far as I’ve seen, everyone that uses WordPress tends to be very friendly and willing to help WordPress noobs (like me).
4) Development
WordPress is always going through updates, it seems. Which makes me extremely happy, because if there’s a lot of progress it usually means people love what they do. And if they love what they do, only good can come of it.

What I don’t like about WordPress
1) Theming
It’s pretty scary when you want to make your first theme. As a WordPress Theming Virgin, I have generally no clue what I’m doing. I’m going bit by bit and thankfully using online guides. Hopefully I’ll master it in no time.
2) Dashboard
The Dashboard itself is wonderful. It’s the theme I dislike. It’s very boring. Sorry WordPress devs, but you’ve been using the same Dashboard design since I first attempted to use the script about two years ago!
3) Loading
It’s a very minor complaint on my end, really. The script in itself I feel takes a bit of time to load. Especially when logging in.

As you can see, the goods outweigh the bads. As it should be.

Thanks for a wonderful blog / CMS script, WordPress devs. If you can turn me to your script, imagine who else you can turn!

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2 Peaches to “Things I like about WordPress”

  1. Mitchell Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 11:42 am

    Ahh, the joy of plugins.

    As for the admin theme: There is a plugin for that - it re-styles the administration with a “Tiger” (OSX) theme. It’s alright. I forget what it’s called, but I have it on Enveere.

    There’s also a plugin for the loading time: WP-Cache, it makes sure that your computer caches everything in Wordpress except for the stuff that changes, so that it can load a little bit quicker. I haven’t tried this, and I’m not sure if it works with 2.3.

  2. Sue Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 3:43 pm

    I love Wordpress. Hey you know, if you don’t like the dashboard as it is, you can download a plugin that makes dropdown menus rather than having to click on a link for the rest of the selections to show up. At least I like it better than the default dashboard. Here’s where you can find that plugin: http://www.stuff.yellowswordfish.com/admin-drop-down-menus/

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