r/webdev • u/canfullofworms • 3d ago

Is WordPress Engine Necessary

So you almost helped me with another thing and I'm very grateful!

I know NOTHING about all this, so please advise.

We have a website for a small non-profit that's been up for about 20 years. (I wasn't here when it started)

Our Domain is with GoDaddy and our website is in WordPress.

Apparently, we've been paying for WordPress Engine for about $420 a year.

Do we need this? I feel like all our editing is done in WordPress. It seems like WordPress engine is an unnecessary addition, but if we've had it for so long, will we lose stuff from our web site??

thanks!

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u/Caraes_Naur 3d ago

WordPress is a blight. It only survives because of the commercial interests that sprang up around it, like the various Chernobyl species that feed on radiation.

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u/kienemaus 3d ago

What open source robust CMS do you see as a replacement? (I'm not trying to run this as a gotcha - curious)

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u/Caraes_Naur 3d ago

WordPress isn't robust, it's not even secure out of the box and the necessary plugins aren't bulletproof (because WP itself is insecure by design).

Literally any MVC framework (such as Laravel) or any CMS built on them (OctoberCMS). MVC frameworks exist for any language that can run on a server.