WordPress is a fantastic platform, there’s no denying that. It powers over 40% of the internet and has made creating websites more accessible than ever. Originally built as a blogging and content management system (CMS), it quickly became the go-to for personal sites, portfolios, and small-scale blogs.

💡Designed as a blogging platform

At its core, WordPress is still a blogging system with a CMS bolted on. That’s not a bad thing if you’re running a content-heavy site or a personal blog. But it becomes a limitation when you’re trying to build a scalable, secure, and fast digital platform for a growing business.

Even when extended with plugins and themes, WordPress often lacks the structure and performance you’d expect from a purpose-built business application.

🔓 Plugins introduce risk

Most WordPress functionality is added through plugins. Need SEO? A plugin. Contact forms? Another plugin. Ecommerce? Install WooCommerce (and about 10 more plugins just to make it functional).

This plugin-heavy architecture leads to:

✅ Compatibility issues – Plugins often conflict with each other or with WordPress updates.

✅ Security vulnerabilities – Outdated or poorly maintained plugins are a common source of hacks.

✅ Performance issues – Every plugin adds load time and resource usage.

✅ Maintenance burden – Constant updates, patching, and troubleshooting.

In a business setting, these issues are more than just technical hiccups, they’re risks to uptime, user experience, and credibility.

🔥 So what’s the answer?

Wait for it, WordPress, what?

We recommend going back to basics and building your business website with clean, hardcoded foundations. You’ve got a few solid options here—ideally using modern tools like React and Vite, but you could also go with static HTML or PHP, like Geekheads.au.

Once your site is built, you can convert it to PHP and integrate it with WordPress.
Why would you do that? Well, while WordPress isn’t ideal for core business sites, it excels at blogging and multi-user content management.

So, if you’re planning to regularly publish blog content or allow multiple users to update pages, using WordPress as a backend content tool can be a smart move—without relying on plugins to power your entire site.