ATA 786 ¿Por qué WordPress sigue dominando internet? (Y cómo dominarlo tú)

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WordPress powers 42.6% of all CMS websites despite constant criticism - here's why it still dominates.

The episode opens with Lorenzo acknowledging widespread criticism of WordPress while defending its continued dominance, noting it powers 42.6% of all CMS websites. He argues that criticism should be founded, comparing it to debates about Ubuntu's Snap packages. Lorenzo explains that WordPress isn't just for blogs but powers major websites, e-commerce, and even the White House site, representing significant business opportunities. He reveals that his own website, Atareao.es, has used WordPress since 2009, though he occasionally considered static alternatives like Pelican. Over 15 years, his site evolved from a simple blog to a multi-platform presence including podcast, YouTube, and GitHub. The original theme became increasingly complex with added features until it became unmanageable, prompting a complete rebuild. Lorenzo advocates for container-based WordPress development over traditional LAMP stacks, calling the latter outdated. He details his current setup using Podman containers for WordPress, MariaDB, Valky (a Redis replacement), and Nginx as a proxy manager. The environment replicates production exactly, including PHP and database versions. Lorenzo uses Just instead of Make for task management, creating commands for installation, starting, stopping, and checking status. He demonstrates the workflow: cloning the repository, running 'just install' to create symbolic links, then 'just start' to launch services. The setup includes automatic secret generation for database credentials and Nginx configuration mirroring production. Lorenzo explains his daily incremental backup strategy for the database and how to restore it locally. He emphasizes that this approach enables efficient WordPress customization and development, combining it with tools like VS Code and Copilot. The episode concludes by reinforcing WordPress's market dominance and the business potential for developers who master it.

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