I'm going to defend WP a little bit as I worked with it for many years and still doing so in a less regular basis.
WordPress is not only easy to set up and customise, it's super easy to use for a non-tech user. Easy to understand and easy to work with. That and the amazing quantity of plugins and themes have made it the most used CMS.
I completely agree with you that most of the plugins and themes add unnecessary code and are not well optimized, and I know that the plugin reviewers do their best to keep the users as safe as possible. However, that's a huge task and not an easy one to carry out.
WP released an API a few years ago that allows you to create your frontend as you like either using Vue, React, Aurelia or your chosen preference. In my case, after having worked with WP for many years, I would go with this option for new customers. That will offer them a nice CMS where they can edit content and will let me create a nice frontend customised for them using my favourite framework.
If you haven't tried it, it could be worth giving it a go ;)
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Hi Borja, thank you for your comment. I will definitely look into the API released by WordPress. WordPress is definitely not going away and clients are most familiar with using the CMS, it's easy to customise without the help of developers.
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I'm going to defend WP a little bit as I worked with it for many years and still doing so in a less regular basis.
WordPress is not only easy to set up and customise, it's super easy to use for a non-tech user. Easy to understand and easy to work with. That and the amazing quantity of plugins and themes have made it the most used CMS.
I completely agree with you that most of the plugins and themes add unnecessary code and are not well optimized, and I know that the plugin reviewers do their best to keep the users as safe as possible. However, that's a huge task and not an easy one to carry out.
WP released an API a few years ago that allows you to create your frontend as you like either using Vue, React, Aurelia or your chosen preference. In my case, after having worked with WP for many years, I would go with this option for new customers. That will offer them a nice CMS where they can edit content and will let me create a nice frontend customised for them using my favourite framework.
If you haven't tried it, it could be worth giving it a go ;)
Thanks for you article!
Hi Borja, thank you for your comment. I will definitely look into the API released by WordPress. WordPress is definitely not going away and clients are most familiar with using the CMS, it's easy to customise without the help of developers.