I’m unhappy with the recent developments in WordPress, bbPress and BackPress. WP 3.0 features the new custom post type system, but there is no way of altering the default post types, or deleting them. The minimum requirement is still php 4.3 and almost nothing is object oriented, which makes developing a pain in the ass. The bbPress project is stonedead. Matt, the founder of WP, will transform it into a plugin for wordpress and the standalone project will disappear (it might be forked by community members though). BackPress doesn’t have a real future because the biggest project, WordPress doesn’t use it. Therefore, I will fork the three of them.

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