Astro is the new WordPress
What would WordPress look like if it was built in 2026? It powers 43% of the web because it made publishing accessible, extensible and open. But its 20-year-old architecture gives plugins unrestricted access to data and infrastructure, and the deployment model is from another age. EmDash reimagines that model with Astro and Vite at its heart, combining Astro’s content-first architecture and hosting flexibility with sandboxed plugins and workflows for both human editors and AI agents.
Matt Kane
Matt Kane
Astro is the new WordPress
What would WordPress look like if it was built in 2026? It powers 43% of the web because it made publishing accessible, extensible and open. But its 20-year-old architecture gives plugins unrestricted access to data and infrastructure, and the deployment model is from another age. EmDash reimagines that model with Astro and Vite at its heart, combining Astro’s content-first architecture and hosting flexibility with sandboxed plugins and workflows for both human editors and AI agents.