> There was a time when you could just set up a WordPress site at any web host and that was good enough. You could just run your site and that was it. The Internet was fairly new, the users were enthusiastic, interested and they had time and patience. From time to time, some kids playing with scripts would DDoS your site at most, but it was a rare occurrence. Life was simple.
> Today it’s different.
(The post talks about what changed between the mid-2000s and today when it comes to running a WordPress site)