My seven-year-old wants to build his first website. As someone who’s spent over 20 years in WordPress, this should be an easy decision. But 2025’s governance drama between Automattic and WP Engine revealed an uncomfortable truth about WordPress’s single point of failure. It made me wonder: should I still be teaching WordPress in 2026? So I went looking for alternatives.
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