For me it boils down to a number of reasons:
1) It’s simple to use and allows me to focus on content.
2) It’s widely supported with a rich community.
3) It just works.
The whole security issues piece is a misnomer IMO. Wordpress has had security vulnerabilities, but the reputation of “Wordpress is easy to hack” is down to poor quality admins, rather than poor quality WP code a lot of the time.
The whole security issues piece is a misnomer IMO. Wordpress has had security vulnerabilities, but the reputation of “Wordpress is easy to hack” is down to poor quality admins, rather than poor quality WP code a lot of the time.
I wrote about this topic a while back - https://kevq.uk/the-case-for-wordpress/