performance VS Ghost

There are some significant issues with WordPress at its core, not just from a code standpoint. A case in point is this Github Issue https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/132

Proposed for core WP: https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/176

I began with this thread in WordPress Github Issue: https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/74

The WordPress / Automattic performance team has a Performance Lab Plugin with a module to convert uploaded JPEGs to WEBP automatically. https://wordpress.org/plugins/performance-lab/

As for your statement that indexing WordPress's meta tables don't help: With respect, I and 4000+ sites using my other plugin disagree. https://wordpress.org/plugins/index-wp-mysql-for-speed/ Neither do some folks on WordPress's performance team. https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/132

Diversifying a lot. Next acquisition will be Ghost(https://ghost.org/) I bet. Similar DNA, fits in the portfolio (If they are trying to match the feature set of Google) and have no VC backing.

For example, if you are in a country where you can accept Stripe and are publishing a newsletter through, Substack or using the Ghost platform, enabling the ability to accept payments is a few clicks away. For those who cannot accept payment with Stripe, well, you are up the creek without a paddle. I do not know about you, but I see that as a barrier to access.

This response from one of the Tea developers seems disingenuous https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19743#issuecomment-19...

How could they not have predicted this outcome?

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Ghost: The Underground Storyteller

Ghost is used by creators to run their own website to publish private content

Not the OP but it looks to be https://ghost.org/

I use it as well for a small development blog and it's been an enjoyable experience

PlanetScale and Ghost were previously incompatible due to differences in their support for foreign key constraints. With PlanetScale now supporting foreign key constraints, a seamless collaboration between the two is achievable. Nonetheless, there remain minor incompatibilities that require resolution.

I'm a big fan of Ghost for new blogs https://github.com/tryghost/ghost

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