A clunky, vulnerable, outdated CMS with more problems than benefits
August 13, 2021
A clunky, vulnerable, outdated CMS with more problems than benefits
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with WordPress
For the first four years of my freelancing career, I built custom WordPress websites for small business clients. The highly-flexible platform allowed me to customize both the front and back end of my clients' websites to meet their exact specifications. When they needed new functionality, it was often as simple as installing a free plugin.
- massive library of free and paid plugins
- ability to build absolutely anything
- thriving community for support and troubleshooting
- plugins often cause breaking problems with websites
- codebase is a mess
- plugins make sites vulnerable to attack
- made it easy to get started as a freelance web developer
- became a maintenance nightmare (plugins, technical debt, etc)
- platform is slow to change and held back development goals
For most small businesses, Squarespace is a better option. It provides all of the basic and intermediate functionality a business owner could want (e-commerce, forms, media, blog, etc) without the plugin and hacking nightmares of WordPress. It's also easier for clients to manage on their own—with a visual interface, instead of clunky backend forms.
Do you think WordPress delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with WordPress's feature set?
No
Did WordPress live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of WordPress go as expected?
No
Would you buy WordPress again?
No