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Did ghost.io not make a dent at all? it feels like aiming for the same market, with modern technology and faster pageloads.

Not easy to install compared to php, that's for sure. This may be a blocker.



The success of WordPress comes from outsourcing and business built around it.

You will find thousands of companies that do only WordPress projects, deployments, customization, and support. Ghost has none of it.


WordPress as other PHP frameworks have on advantage: Most hosting companies optimize their services for these things so it's cheaper and easier to deploy.


Ghost looks like its competing with Substack and Medium. Wordpress covers a much broader market.




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