Crossword

Options, Not Decisions

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Jul 24, 2025
The hosts dive into recent developments in the WordPress community, sharing their mixed feelings about the platform's growing complexity. They brainstorm a new hosting company under the Secure Hosting Alliance, aiming to elevate standards. The conversation touches on the balance between accessibility and sustainability in hosting services. Finally, they compare WordPress to Ghost, dissecting the pitfalls and promising advancements on the horizon for users seeking a better experience.
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ANECDOTE

Luke's Friday Highlight

  • Luke enjoys Fridays when new issues of the repository drop and likes seeing Crossword mentioned in them.
  • He notes his spoken words read differently and less impressive in print than he remembered.
INSIGHT

Secure Hosting Alliance's Ambiguous Impact

  • The Secure Hosting Alliance aims to raise hosting standards but raises concerns of power imbalance among big players.
  • Its language about ending the "race to the bottom" causes cynicism about price fixing or monopoly risks.
INSIGHT

WordPress Security Perception Issue

  • WordPress has a poor security reputation partly due to shared hosting environments, which is unfair.
  • The hope is to change this perception without necessarily raising hosting costs too high.
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