I keep getting different answers when I ask people about WordPress these days. Some developers tell me it’s getting old and there are better options now. But then I see lots of businesses and freelancers who still use it for everything.
I’m trying to figure out if WordPress is keeping up with what websites need today or if everyone is switching to something else. What do you think? Are you still using WordPress or did you move to a different platform?
Would really appreciate hearing what your experience has been like.
im still on wordpress and don’t see a switch either. yeah, new tools pop up but clients want easy content updates. plus, the community’s great when issues arise. just gotta make sure caching is on point for good perfomance.
Been freelancing 5 years and WordPress still pays the bills. The maintenance is what keeps me coming back - clients can handle basic updates without calling me at 2am. Security was a nightmare before, but decent hosting and regular updates fixed that. Newer devs love to trash WordPress because they want to play with shiny frameworks, but it just makes business sense. Clients actually understand it, unlike custom CMS builds. Yeah, you’ll hit walls on complex stuff, but it handles 80% of small-medium business sites without breaking a sweat. Wrong question to ask if WordPress is outdated - real question is whether it fits your project and what your client actually needs.
WordPress definitely has its place in 2025, but it depends what you’re building. I’ve used it for 8 years and the ecosystem’s stronger than ever. The block editor’s way better now and full site editing actually works well. You just need to know when to use it and when not to. For content-heavy sites, business websites, or anything where non-tech people need to manage content easily, WordPress still wins. The plugin ecosystem saves tons of dev time. But if you need heavy custom functionality or performance is make-or-break, consider headless WordPress or other options. Most developers who trash WordPress haven’t touched it recently - it’s improved a lot in the last couple years.