Why using React for a new WordPress admin is no good idea

Glenton Samuels commented the proposal for the future WordPress admin materials and surfaces and laid it down very clearly why using React for it is a bad idea. And I fully agree with it.

Just to quote the conclusion, but it’s worth to read the full post:

A full React rewrite may look cutting-edge, but it threatens the broad community, the ecosystem, and WordPress’s future sustainability. Instead, modernizing via PHP + Interactivity API + modern CSS (including View Transitions) preserves backward compatibility, performance, and accessibility while delivering a polished, modern admin experience.
Glenton Samuels

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As a developer, I work with WordPress every day. By day, I create plugins and themes, solve problems and sometimes produce new ones. At night, it’s not unusual to find me at the WordPress Meetup in Stuttgart with my dog. 🐕

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