Why I chose CodeIgniter <= 3

CodeIgniter up to and including version 3 is great for the following reasons:

 -> With the 1 exception of a C++ based framework CodeIgniter is the fastest PHP framework!
 -> It may be lightweight in terms of size, but not in terms of ability!
 -> Extensibility using HMVC!!
 -> It is drag-and-drop to install!!
 -> No composer needed!!

What disappoints me about (my understanding of) CodeIgniter 4 is that it appears that it will become as poor as the other frameworks that the-powers-that-be seem to want to compete with. I could be wrong, if so please (gently) enlighten me.

What I had hoped for in CodeIgniter 4 would be to have HMVC baked in and pre-configured. A builtin Login system and a builtin blog - a la WordPress...  

Of all the PHP frameworks (I'll include WordPress) - by far the most popular is WordPress - but it is an overgrown, bloated and unorganized mess.

My Wish for CodeIgniter 4 is that it becomes more popular than WordPress.  The only way to do it is for the powers-that-be to stop focussing on what doesn't matter (the other frameworks, composer, parsing, namespacing etc.) and build a real framework that just happens to include a baked in Blog (HMVC) module.

There is my 2 cents.
HEKuiper