WordPress 5.0: A Gutenberg FAQ
I know a lot of people dislike PHP and WordPress, but I haven&#x27;t found _anything_ that comes close to it in terms of sheer extensibility and plugin ecosystem. There&#x27;s a plugin for pretty much anything you might want to do with a platform. I even moved my personal Jekyll-powered blog to WordPress a few years ago.<p>My favorite thing about WordPress is that it&#x27;s a known quantity. There&#x27;s an easy to follow tutorial teaching you pretty much anything you might want to do with the software. PHP isn&#x27;t the prettiest language, and WordPress itself feels a bit creaky at times. But it&#x27;s a practical tool. It does the job, and does it very well.<p>Since I&#x27;m a JavaScript developer, I was optimistic about Ghost becoming a viable alternative to WordPress. Sadly, Ghost&#x27;s plugin API still doesn&#x27;t seem to be complete. Without that, it can&#x27;t replace WordPress for anything besides basic blogging. That seems to be the niche the Ghost developers are interested in, though, so I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s coming anytime soon.<p>I&#x27;m really excited to see this release. Gutenberg is certainly a step in the right direction for the editor, and I&#x27;m planning to upgrade all my websites over the next few weeks!