October 27, 2021

Episode 56: The Pros and Cons of WordPress

  • Tim,
  • Rachel,
  • and Danny
In episode 56 of Tower After Hours, Danny sits down with Rachel and Tim to talk about the pros and cons of WordPress. The team talked about its history, why it’s so popular, and also touched on some of their favorite plugins that make a coder’s day-to-day a little easier.

00:00-2:00 – Danny introduces this month’s episode and chats with the team.

2:00-2:30 – The difference between a content management system and a hosting platform.

2:30-4:30 – Rachel and Tim talk about the pros of WordPress (and what they did before it).

4:30-7:00 – How WordPress is homogenizing the content management world.

7:00-9:00 – The ease and simplicity of WordPress.

9:00 – 12:00 – The cons of WordPress (i.e., plugins overload).

12:00-13:00 – Gutenberg Blocks vs. Advanced Custom Fields.

13:00-15:00 – Tim’s favorite plugins.

15:00-18:00 – Other content management systems (and why WordPress won out).

18:30-20:00 – How can WordPress improve? Is it time for a Version 2?

20:00-23:54 – Rachel doesn’t like Def Leppard’s website… and Tim wants to colonize Mars.

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