Why Do People Hate Drupal? 37% People Do (2,074 opinions)

it is slow, without any good documentation, it's
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it is slow, without any good documentation, it's like reading toilet paper, there is nothing written on it, except shit. read all

by Henri L on 28 May - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
It takes hours or days to carry out what should
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It takes hours or days to carry out what should be simple, one or two-step tasks. Drupal alternately makes me want to shoot myself or stab its hipster code geek ... read all

by LC on 16 Apr - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
It's ridiculously slow, horribly documented, and
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It's ridiculously slow, horribly documented, and doesn't do anything I can't do with straight PHP. The only reason to use it is because it has a huge installed user base ... read all

by Stu D on 10 Apr - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
I have been trying to update Drupal 7 to version
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I have been trying to update Drupal 7 to version 7.20 from just the previous release version for 2 hours! And now once I have finished the update, there random ... read all

by letmein42 on 01 Mar - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Horrible documentation
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Horrible documentation....or missed. I have tried to develop a restful service with drupal....it's a nightmare...really! read all

by Luca F on 07 Jan - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
It simply isn't very good...
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A few reasons: 1 - It is written with code that looks like it is 2001, using PHP 4, OOP is apparently unheard of. 2 - For anything that can ... read all

by Stewart R on 07 Dec - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Kill yourself when you have to update an old site
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Updates. I've being working on a site that haven't being updated since 2010. Now, making the updates is totally horrible. To make an upgrade for the last version, you need ... read all

by Samuel B on 13 Nov - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
You thought wordpress was a pain in the ass? meet
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You thought wordpress was a pain in the ass? meet Drupal 6 or 7 and see how you feel. I dont have enough time to tell you all the reasons ... read all

by Gps F on 29 Oct - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Drupal Issue Queue
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http://drupal.org/project/issues/ Drupal Issue Queue #Critical ~150 #Major ~500 #Normal ~9400 SWDF Just for comparison Zend ZF2 total issues 231 read all

by Jim on 22 Oct - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag

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No unit testing
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No unit testing read all

by Jim on 19 Oct - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
To get functionality X you need this module that
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To get functionality X you need this module that has XX dependencies which have XXX dependencies... Now you have 251 modules and counting in your dashboard, and you stiiiiiill haven't ... read all

by Simon J on 02 Oct - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
no MVC or another design pattern, buggy modules,
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no MVC or another design pattern, buggy modules, slow read all

by Mario P on 29 Aug - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
No OOP
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No OOP read all

by Werner on 21 Aug - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Bloated, horrible documentation. The more simple a
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Bloated, horrible documentation. The more simple a task you want to do, the harder it is to do in Drupal. Basic elements take multiple modules to create. Every other CMS ... read all

by Tyler H on 11 Jul - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Why do you hate Drupal?
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Why do you hate Drupal? read all

by José Carlos C on 09 Jul - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag

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Deliberately complex and cryptic
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With Drupal you will spend more time figuring out how to do stuff than actually doing it. API is a mess, with an never-ending list of hooks that cause unpredictable ... read all

by José Carlos C on 09 Jul - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
It's 2012 and no OOP
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Holy bejeezus it's 2012 and no object oriented batman? read all

by Lucky M on 21 Jun - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Only for their own Elite and incrowd
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Because they are absolutely the contrary of what you expect from a "community". I started with great expectations and several (IMHO great) concepts to develop under this divine CMS fully ... read all

by ricc on 13 Mar - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Because of things like this: function
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Because of things like this: function user_form_field_ui_field_edit_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) read all

by Chris on 17 Feb - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Everything is so static, no references back to
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Everything is so static, no references back to parents, items get lost in the mess. Modules are not dynamic at all. I "inherited" this project and figuring out what is ... read all

by Sam S on 13 Feb - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag