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title: WordPress Explorations
description: 'I reflect on WordPress’s evolution, questioning its complexities and exploring what could be reimagined. This series invites thoughtful discussion on innov'
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date: '2025-11-10T12:37:48.000Z'
author: Rich Tabor
summary: 'I reflect on WordPress’s evolution, questioning its complexities and exploring what could be reimagined. This series invites thoughtful discussion on innov'
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  - WordPress
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I’ve been thinking about [WordPress](https://wordpress.org) differently lately. Taking a step back from the accumulated complexity and simply imagining how it could exist.

WordPress has grown, in both capability and in the many different shapes it can take. That evolution enables millions of people to publish online, but it also adds layers of complexity that have built up over time.

So in this new series of posts, I’m exploring what else could be. What if we could rebuild this ship with the knowledge of everything we’ve learned along the way? What would we do differently today?

I want to question every assumption. Challenge requirements carved in stone. Strip concepts down to their core and ask: what’s actually needed? Because that’s often where innovation happens—when you stop accepting constraints as given.

None of these ideas are proposals.

This is exploration for exploration’s sake. Some might work, most won’t. That’s the point.

Ask questions, challenge the ideas, and let me know what you think. If there’s a part of WordPress you’d like to see explored, tell me. Leave a comment or [reach out on X (@richtabor)](https://x.com/richtabor).

## Explorations

-   ### [Little Big Things for WordPress Editing](/little-big-things/)
    
    Jun 2026
    
-   ### [WordPress Explorations: Application Menu](/application-menu/)
    
    Nov 2025
    
-   ### [WordPress Explorations: Pages & Layers](/pages-and-layers/)
    
    Nov 2025
    
-   ### [WordPress Explorations](/wordpress-explorations/)
    
    Nov 2025
    
-   ### [Colorways](/colorways/)
    
    Dec 2022

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