Cast iron reliability just don't expect agility!
March 05, 2025

Cast iron reliability just don't expect agility!

Richard Sweeting | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with WordPress

We use WordPress as the CMS for our two main marketing sites as it offers standardised integrations, content management, and user management that both our internal team and external talent find it familiar to work on.
We do not have a complex or ecommerce use case so WordPress has proven sufficient for our requirements.

Pros

  • Content management
  • Reliability
  • Integrations

Cons

  • Difficult to add & remove components without coding
  • Styling elements can be overruled by site code
  • Unintuitive editors/plugins not aligned with WP UI/UX
  • Positive ROI for reliability - I can only recall one or two downtimes caused by WP in 5+ years.
  • Negative ROI for agility - site changes cost us much more time and money than they would on a low/no code platform.
For the basics, WordPress's every day usability is good. For updating pages, adding and managing content, integrating your CRM - it's intuitive. For doing anything more complex or niche such as managing products or detailed SEO work, it requires plugins which can be prone to breaking or just being unintuitive to use.
WordPress offers reliability which is very important for our business.

Do you think WordPress delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WordPress's feature set?

No

Did WordPress live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WordPress go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WordPress again?

No

WordPress is well suited if your offering, web design and branding are well-established. It is very reliable and fairly straightforward to update websites as your business grows.
It is less appropriate if your business is likely to go through significant changes in branding, positioning, or product catalogue. This will require significant input from a developer who can write the necessary code to update pages as required.

WordPress Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
5
Code quality / cleanliness
7
Admin section
8
Page templates
8
Library of website themes
4
Mobile optimization / responsive design
7
Form generator
6
Content taxonomy
7
SEO support
6
Bulk management
9
Availability / breadth of extensions
9
Community / comment management
4
API
4
Role-based user permissions
8

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