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Almost my last word on sustainable WordPress.

Oh I have a lot of half baked ramblings left on the subject , but have changed my approach to the problem.

Instead of endless pontification and streching of my literary capibliities, I have decided to address the issue with a 3 dimensional slider, which will calculate and suggest the technologies and budget expectations the curious ( = anyone interested ) should anticipate.

The slider will balance and maniplate results based on wants and needs.

Slider 1: Want. $$$$ choose a budget.
Of course you want it all as cheap as possible, but all technology has a price, and what you are willing to pay for said tech is a key guiding factor.

Slider 2: Performance needs. As in traffic expectations, page speed and so on.

Slider 3: Design needs. How much bling do you need. This could be complex functions i addition to “rich” media.

Slider 4: Control needs. What is the level of management/control you the need.
Ranging from complete DYI to “I am a dreamer , not an engineer”.
This may also be called the independance quotent.

Stay tuned, will update as soon as the POC is up and running.

Sustainable WordPress: 10 quick points in no particular order.



1. Yes, it is important.
2. It is far to often ignored by site owners, designers and developers.
3. No, it will not save the planet, but it may save your wallet.
4. Sustainability is individual and relative to the needs and budget of each case.
5. Needs and budgets change, often faster than we want.
6. WordPress is sustainable at its core. But gives us the freedom to make any unsustainable changes we wish. Pretty much everyone who uses WordPress, including myself, have used and abused that freedom.
7. It is easy to tell if your WordPress is sustainable. If it’s hard to tell, then it’s not sustainable.
8. Sustainable WordPress has 3 main pillars: design, development and proactive maintenance.
9. Sustainable WordPress is not about brilliant new technologies.
10. AI does not know crap about sustainable WordPress.

And that’s just a start. Stay tuned I will be going into each of these points in detail, and very likely adding to the list.