In reply to Jeff Chandler.

Everyone wants the core team to create the version of WordPress that’s tailored specifically for them and their clients but that isn’t how WordPress is developed.

Actually, I want no such thing. What I really want is a little less moving target and a little more consideration for needs outside of the "gee whiz feature of the month" stuff.

Wordpress has a real problem in not having a "stable supported version" system in place. Instead, everything is dragged forward all the time. It is a situation that creates friction, as people are forced forward even if they don't need the latest cool gizmo to run their sites.

Theme and plug in developers are also encouraged not to dally at any one level, and their plug ins often are not longer compatible with older versions as a result of code changes to match the latest wordpress versions. There is no provision in the wordpress universe for secure / stable versioning, it's always move forward or risk problems.

it’s just that there comes a point where it makes the most sense to move away.

Considering the investment and the time spent on existing projects, there is no simple way to "just move away". Wordpress isn't like choosing MariaDB over another database system or what have you, it's a whole way of operating and creating content that isn't easily exported to any other system. Once you are in, the costs related to getting out are huge - essentially recreating complete sites into another system in parallel with live sites, from the ground up. Give people the old "my way or the highway" just isn't possible in this sort of a product, the longer you are using wordpress the more expensive it becomes to walk away. So when people are complaining or trying to get something done, it's because the alternatives are out of reach and potentially fraught with their own problems.

I complain because I care. I want WP to be better, I want it to be lighter, I want it to be less of a resource hog, and I want it to be less of a security nightmare looking for a place to happen.

Don't you?