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emDash isn't a drop-in WordPress replacement.
It doesn't need to be. The useful question is whether it solves a problem you actually have.
Our plain-English guide to @EmDashCMS:
emdashnow.com/what-is-emdash
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Is SEO a reason to stay on WordPress?
On @EmDashCMS, titles, canonicals, sitemaps, structured data and redirects are in core. The catch: your theme can quietly ignore them.
emdashnow.com/emdash-seo-bui…
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Nine days after 1.2, EmDash 1.3 is out!
Every saved version now shows exactly what changed, and your live site gets the admin's editing tools.
One switch also asks AI crawlers not to train on your content.
Here's what's new.
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