Perhaps a bad indicator of being part of the future of PHP, but the WordPress project is not part of the Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG). This group has given some sensible recommendations and standards we can relate to, and some of these recommendations may not go over so well with WordPress. Just from the standards perspective I could agree with you.
But still... I think WordPress is a huge part of why there are so many websites running on PHP. I've seen WP developers adopting some good standards, but (if I understand you correctly) I agree that it isn't WordPress that is pushing our language forward. As big and somewhat unwieldy the WP project is, I can see how they wouldn't like to see deprecations of features it uses. So, all in all, WP is still a huge part of PHP - but it's not where we look for the next evolution of the language.
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Perhaps a bad indicator of being part of the future of PHP, but the WordPress project is not part of the Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG). This group has given some sensible recommendations and standards we can relate to, and some of these recommendations may not go over so well with WordPress. Just from the standards perspective I could agree with you.
But still... I think WordPress is a huge part of why there are so many websites running on PHP. I've seen WP developers adopting some good standards, but (if I understand you correctly) I agree that it isn't WordPress that is pushing our language forward. As big and somewhat unwieldy the WP project is, I can see how they wouldn't like to see deprecations of features it uses. So, all in all, WP is still a huge part of PHP - but it's not where we look for the next evolution of the language.