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>rewrite it using a modern PHP web framework Do you mean build a UI for laravel?

I'm not saying that - I am fully aware of the Laravel ecosystem and the rest of the popular frameworks. They should start one from scratch - given the footprint of WordPress, it's not a stupid idea. Also, themes should stop being code!

You should check out Winter CMS, we're built on top of Laravel and themes are powered by Twig - no heavy PHP code allowed in themes. Instead, complex logic is handled by "Components" that are provided by plugins.

It's extremely powerful and developer friendly (no more "custom post types" for every record type under the sun), definitely my preferred way to build websites that WordPress would normally handle.

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