Show HN: WordPress Running on .Net Core

wpdotnet.com

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Is this using Peachpie?

> WpDotNet distributes your application without the need to have the original source code on the server. This is both more secure and allows you to sell or distribute your application without revealing the sources.

Is the last sentence there allowed by the WP license?

Maybe it should be rephrased, but if you just want to setup WordPress on your server, the sources to WordPress and all plugins are still available in the original format somewhere, but they're not sitting on your server.

We were so busy wondering if we could do it we never stopped to ask if we should.

In all seriousness, this compiler looks incredibly well-made! It's quite an achievement to be able to successfully compile WordPress, so props for that. Are there any known limitations to e.g. plugins that can't be compiled? Are other frameworks like Laravel or Symphony able to be compiled to .NET?

What was the motivation behind the compiler? A legacy PHP app being moved to a .NET team?

There are plugins that can't be compiled yet, but otherwise no limitations, unless a plugin requires you to change the PHP source code while the site is live. This isn't allowed in wpdotnet due to security reasons.

Laravel is quite close to being run, Symfony should follow soon after. Mediawiki is already tested and runs.

Would it work with existing themes and plugins?

Yes, themes are almost certainly working, but some plugins might not if they use functions not yet implemented. Sometimes there are also bugs in the compiler still, it's only in version 0.9.

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