Introduction
Firstly, I know I’ve been bad and didn’t post yesterday but I had too much going on. Life happens. And as an entrepreneur/business woman (if the Kardashians can call themselves entrepreneurs and business women so can I!) I have to put my businesses and clients first sometimes. Lol, anyway back to this post and why WordPress needs to be stopped in my opinion.
Oh wait, before we get to that. My site may look different again. I went back to my old theme but customised it a little more! I liked my new theme but my old theme was just perfect.
Why WordPress Needs To Be Stopped
Anyway, back to WordPress and why WordPress needs to be stopped. Well, recently you have probably been noticing WordPress continuously changing things left right and centre. Yes, a couple of these changes are positive. For example, I like that you can search for specific followers on your following list now. But most of the changes (in my opinion) are pretty unnecessary and some of them make WordPress much less user friendly than they used to be. I don’t understand why WordPress does not consult their users and especially those of us who use this platform on a daily basis.
The main thing that really pissed me off recently is how they have clearly partnered up with people and keep pushing these specific things on us. Like for example, the only form of payment accepted anymore on most plans is Stripe. And for some paid plans it’s Stripe and PayPal. Now, Stripe doesn’t offer its services in the entire continent of Africa which means African bloggers like myself end up having to pay a hefty price and upgrade or not be able to use certain features. And PayPal is also unavailable to most African countries so the upgrade may not even solve the issue. Where does that leave most African bloggers? With much fewer features than other bloggers.
I don’t understand why WordPress wouldn’t take everyone into account since so many African bloggers use this platform. It’s fine if you want to offer Stripe’s services but why not have alternatives for those who are unable to use these services. I’m sure there must be something they can offer if they really wanted to.
I remember when I first started using WordPress and what made it a wonderful platform was that you could find bloggers from all around the world. It was a platform for everyone. And now it seems like they are just choosing to focus on a specific market which really sucks so much. This platform has always been so lovely and inclusive and it’s sad to see it going in the opposite direction.
Conclusion
WordPress has a history of ignoring their users even when they pay steep prices for basic upgrades. There are so many things WordPress could change for the better. Like adding an edit and delete option on comments made on other blogs. More specific and detailed stats etc. Better customer care and better trained Happiness Engineers etc.
Don’t get me wrong, I adore WordPress and my Lifesfinewhiners. But everyday I see bloggers quit blogging not because they don’t enjoy blogging but because this platform is continuously screwing its users. Over the last year or so, it’s felt like WordPress is very slowly but surely dying. It’s becoming a shell of what it once was. And if they don’t step up and do something about it, WordPress will eventually be a dead platform. Sure, there will always be people using it but you know what I mean. It will have lost what it once had and become a shell of what it was. Just another platform doing anything for money. Much like Facebook and more recently Instagram.
What do you think of WordPress’s constant recent changes? Let me know in the comments below.
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