WP isn't a framework. It's a CMS. A shitty one that needs to go away, but criticizing it for not having the same feature-set as modern frameworks is simply unfair and unnecessary.
Saying WP is a shitty CMS is easy, but where is a good alternative? There is none.
Anyone can say anything about WordPress, but the FACT is that it's most used CMS, with a BIG community and market arround it.
People saying it's shitty don't know what they are talking about (even you point out others you've tried are worse).
Wordpress is best in class for what it is: open source content manager. It's best use case is for a simple blog. It can be bashed into submission to be an ok general CMS or even a community managment solution. Past that though, it's architecture falls to pieces - but then, you wouldn't use a hammer to drill a hole would you?
Too far into that extreme gets into Drupal-land.