In reply to Jeffro.

I was mentioning Drupal tongue-in-cheek. They're basically dead in the water.

Timing was a major factor I think many people aren't willing to admit with the success not only of WP, but a lot of WP personalities and businesses that rely on WP like remoras. Word of mouth marketing is the best type of marketing, and the hardest to come by. If you can manage that, it's quite a feat. But I don't think anyone should rely on it, because what makes you can easily break you. With some smart marketing, WordPress could become a phenomenon, but that doesn't seem to be part of the vision.

I think the addition of the REST API is a big step in the right direction. But there should be some blue ocean strategy involved with planning for the future of WP, and any product/organization needs to be able to adapt quickly to external forces. WP seems very monolithic to me.

I just happened to come across this post by John Saddnigton tonight: http://ghost.desk.pm/why-ghost/ He used to be a HUGE WordPress guy. And it's shifts like this that I think will eventually undo WP, slowly.