Implosion

WordPress, the behemoth that once empowered a third of the internet, stands in 2025 as a paradox. On one hand, it’s still everywhere — powering blogs, newsrooms, e-commerce empires, and SaaS landing pages. On the other, it’s increasingly irrelevant to the forward march of the modern web. It’s bloated. Fragmented. Over-commercialized. And its once-vibrant open-source…