I see a lot more &quot;skepticism&quot; than outright hatred.<p>There&#x27;s been a few not-so-cool security problems, that&#x27;s what I usually hear from people being turned off. Plus the amount of really bad plugins...<p>My only personal gripes are that it&#x27;s not fun to develop themes and plugins, so I stopped using it years ago for my main website. Still using it though.