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# Getting Out of Your WordPress Comfort Zone
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/getting-out-of-your-wordpress-comfort-zone/
- Published: 2020-01-08T12:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-08T12:45:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Lessons Learned by Stepping Outside WordPress Comfort Zone – WordPress Tavern](https://wptavern.com/lessons-learned-by-stepping-outside-wordpress-comfort-zone?ref=birchtree.me)

> I love WordPress. More than that, I appreciate what WordPress has allowed me to accomplish over the years. However, I was no longer happy with it for my personal blog. It was suitable for the job, but I often found it had a lot more gadgets and gizmos than I needed. I had also been writing blog posts in Markdown for many years rather than the classic editor. WordPress was simply no longer a part of my workflow for my blog. At times, it was a hindrance.

This whole article rings very true to me. I recently switched this site off of WordPress and the concerns voiced in this article made me go 🙌 a few times.

If you don’t read the article, it’s worth noting that after a dalliance with some other options, this experience made him love WordPress even more.