Day 2. Here we go.

I’m having a bit of “fun” with these posts, but just in case you think me against WordPress, I am probably the most active and passionate evangelist for WordPress that you may personally (or inpersonally) meet who is not “currently” employed by Automattic, the parent company.

… Or… maybe not. But I seriously love me some WP.

Read more about the background of this 7 Part Series here.

Here… we… go…

Reason #2 – 3rd Party Support Vanishes

The WordPress community is one of the most active and passionate group of developers, designers, and enthusiasts that the Open Source world has ever seen.

That’s one of the reasons why WordPress has seen such a groundswell of usage: The fact that people dedicate large portions of their time to make WordPress the best semantic publishing platform on the planet without pay and with little guarantee of any return.

That’s the power of WordPress. That’s the power of Open Source.

But if 3rd Party Support begins to dwindle and disappear, the platform will die. Take away the themes, the plugins, the radical transformations into CMS’s and it’s toast.

How to Save From Fail

Simple. Give the love back. Give the developers and designers credit for their work. Provide helpful feedback to the community, actively engage, and get involved in more than a “consumer” roll. Tell others, spread the word, let others know about it.

Provide support and feedback to Automattic about making sure it’s the best platform. Help make it not become “bloatware.”

Finally, just use it. There is really nothing that can truly stymie the downward slide if it comes to it, but we can definitely help prevent it.