This would absolutely be better solved by an entirely new application, written from the ground up.
And the whole-page-is-images thing really bothered me too. Some nice designs and interesting ideas for sure, and knowing CSS isn't a prerequisite for being a designer, but damn, I have some doubts about the understanding of the technologies here.
Which is probably exactly where the concept of "forking Wordpress" came from—a misunderstanding of exactly what that would entail.
Modern rewrite is what's needed, definitely. But don't call it anything related to Wordpress. Don't need to.
And the whole-page-is-images thing really bothered me too. Some nice designs and interesting ideas for sure, and knowing CSS isn't a prerequisite for being a designer, but damn, I have some doubts about the understanding of the technologies here.
Which is probably exactly where the concept of "forking Wordpress" came from—a misunderstanding of exactly what that would entail.
Modern rewrite is what's needed, definitely. But don't call it anything related to Wordpress. Don't need to.