For what I want / need, writefreely works fine, I can type a blog entry, add pictures, embed video, add tags and it has default activity pub integration.
Granted adding pictures does requre
 which for me is fine.
There are also several options as to the type of blog.
As with everything else choose the right tool for the job and let the job dictate the tool.
I don't care about integration with old fashioned social media (e.g twitter, facebook, instagram etc). I do care about activcity pub integration, and software freedom so writefreely ticks the box for me. I also find it easy to use, it is nice and quick ( at times wordpress can be painfully sluggish)
Wordpress has a miriad of security issues, which is probably due to the fact it has lots of features, each plugin can introduce a new security problem and if your key plugin does't keep updated sync with wordpress, then you could lose that feature.
As I said, use the tool for the job.
