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The embedded nature of SQLite is somewhat offset by the stack still requiring PHP + Apache installed, what's one more dependency (MySQL)? All WordPress hosts already have MySQL installed, while installing WordPress from scratch is still a pain (or requires programs that manage that complexity for you e.g. XAMPP).

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Do you definitely need Apache? I thought PHP worked fine without that these days - or does Wordpress only work with something that supports .htaccess too?

Wordpress worked just fine with nginx when I was self hosting sites 6 or so years ago

Yes, the standard setup for any PHP application in the last 10 years is a webserver (e.g. Apache, nginx, Caddy, lighttpd) in front of PHP FPM.

I guess to the OP's point, it does still require PHP, FPM, a number of other PHP extensions, and the webserve all to be installed on the server. At which point, MySQL is just one more dependency. I would argue that SQLite is a little easier to back up and transfer than MySQL, but WordPress does that make easy anyway.

I wonder if there's a plan afoot to embed the whole thing inside an Electron app for some kind of portable TiddlyWiki like service.

WordPress also works well with nginx. That's what WordPress.com runs on.

What does it matter that it requires Apache? It's a super solid webserver, anything else to server it to the web just does the exact same thing.

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