Cloudflare Built a WordPress Killer. I Tested It

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Learn To Rank #1 in AI Search https://www.skool.com/ai-ranking Cloudflare just released EmDash, an open-source CMS built on Astro that they're calling the "spiritual successor to WordPress." The internet is divided. So I tested it myself, built a real website from scratch, deployed it to Cloudflare, and walked through the CMS backend to see if it actually holds up. RESOURCES: - Build a SEO website with ASTRO and Claude code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAJtgciFi4&t=333s - EmDash GitHub Repo: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash - Cloudflare Blog Announcement: https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-wordpress/ 0:00 - Cloudflare vs WordPress: What's Going On? 0:36 - What Is EmDash & Why It Matters 1:10 - Building a Real Website with EmDash (Live) 7:00 - Exploring the EmDash CMS Backend 9:00 - Deploying to Cloudflare (Free Hosting) 15:05 - The EmDash Admin Panel (Live Demo) 16:23 - Should YOU Switch? (Interactive Checklist)

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