WordPress needs to refactor, not redecorate

WordPress faces deep architectural problems that its leadership treats as surface-level issues, despite criticism highlighted by Cloudflare's EmDash CMS launch. The platform relies on a decades-old blogging data model that stores content in basic tables and forces modern features like Gutenberg blocks to work around fundamental limitations, leading to performance issues and delayed releases. While other platforms have evolved to use proper data structures, scoped plugin permissions, and modern development practices, WordPress prioritizes visible features over foundational improvements, leaving critical infrastructure unchanged for over a decade.