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I have tried Drupal 6, and have found that about 4 out 5 modules are broken. I am now trying Wordpress 2.8.4 (latest version, as of this post).

I am using 2.8.4 because of serious security issues with previous versions. I did a little research, seems that wp security is a huge issue. Some argue that wp is insecure by design.

One feature I liked about wp, is being able to add a plugin from the site, no need for the cli, ssh, ftp, unzipping, or loading the files in the correct directory - or so I thought. Problem is: wp often require me to hack the source the code of new a pluggin - i.e. install some small bit of PHP. I can edit the files from the site, but unless the permissions are very open, I can not save the files. And considering wp's security issues, I am not sure if I want the file permissions to be that open, so it's right back to the command line. BTW: I thought wp prided itself on the user not needing to be a developer, but I never had to hack source code with drupal.

The most frustrating thing to me, however, is that practically none of the wp plugins work, and some of the plugins break other plugins, and I am not getting much help from the wp community. I suppose the issue is largely due to 2.8.4 being so new - still.

Still, I am getting the idea that wp is not very secure, and not very robust (i.e. breaks easily). I don't want to jump to conclusions, but after trying to build a simple family site, for a about a week now, I am getting frustrated with wp.