In reply to Coen Jacobs.

I enjoy Rick's rants. And he makes some valid points. Does WC encrypt email and address details? What about past and present orders? Nope. If your database is compromised, hello lawsuit. (That said, neither does Prestashop et el).

I've been testing gravity forms and advanced custom fields to build a health survey. Enquire about encryption and suddenly two of the most popular plugins for storing data are just about useless out of the box for anything remotely sensitive. I'm a webmaster (as Rick would call me), so I look for 'off the shelf' solutions. For WP, they don't exist.

I'm about to launch a website that deals with a medical condition. I want to collect email addresses for newsletters. I want to offer symptoms checkers. I want to sell eBooks. Even my basic knowledge of (UK) law makes me scared of using WP and the popular plugins recommended for such tasks.

Off topic? Yes. Relevant to the article? Well, I enjoyed his rant. WP is so easy for blagards like me to use that it gives you a false sense of security. It powers all of the interwebs so it must be safe! Until you want to store sensitive information and use kool plugins like the rest api.