Vision

Djebel aims to become a super fast web app that can help you build any web app - CMS, blog, dashboard, status site, brochure site, landing pages and that's still simple to use, to develop and very customizable via plugins of course. Also it can support multiple backends such as: text files, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL etc. Why just limit it to MySQL/MariaDB?

Plugin-based approach:

• If you want comments: install a plugin
• If you want meta titles: install a plugin
• If you want multisite: install a plugin
• If you want multiple languages: install a plugin
• If you want admin area: install a plugin

Things I really like in WordPress:

• Hooks — it has filters and actions for lots of things
• Simple plugin and theme structure
• WP-CLI project — allows managing WP from the command line and using automation
• Roles
• Backward compatibility
• Shortcodes
• Great Community
• WordCamps
• Local Meetups

Some developers complain about the legacy code, but WordPress is an awesome business tool that solves real problems and lots of them. For example, Membership site, ecommerce (with WooCommerce), Blogging and so much more.

The clients want their problems solved at a good price and efficiently, ideally without reinventing the wheel most of the time.

I think the things above enabled WordPress to become more than a blog or a CMS, It became a framework with a solid foundation, so others can build on top of.

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