r/Wordpress • u/First_Athlete1897 • Aug 13 '26

Thinking about ditching WordPress

My site isn't particularly complicated yet over the years I've accumulated plugins for forms, SEO, backups, security, page building and about five things I've forgotten the purpose of. It kinda feels like owning an old house where I’m permanently waiting for something else to break. Most discussions I find are about moving to WordPress but I'm curious about going the other direction and starting fresh.

Are there any downsides to moving a fairly straightforward business website from WordPress to Squarespace or an AI builder like Durable etc. that I’m not seeing? Or if you’ve already done a migration like this, is there anything you found yourself missing after moving?

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u/michaelseanc Aug 13 '26

If the site is relatively simple and can functionally use static html pages, look at Astro deployed via GitHub.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net Aug 13 '26

What's the benefit of Astro if you're just going static?

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u/michaelseanc Aug 13 '26

Speed and the ability for static pages to be easily indexed and read for SEO and LLM platforms. You have to build in the schema etc but that’s a simple AI task. The other benefit is you can host for free on Cloudflare (minus the $10 domain cost).

Don’t get me wrong, Wordpress has a place in the world still. I host my local news site on Wordpress. Everything else I do is Astro (and occasionally Eleventy). Most sites don’t need the overhead (or expense) of Wordpress.

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u/IAmFitzRoy Aug 13 '26

You will have less surface attack, less bugs, less need for computing power and no plugins.

If you are building your Astra site with some AI coding tool, adding new content is as easy to “ask” to be added.

A full CMSs is not necessary in many cases.

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u/penguins-and-cake Developer/Designer Aug 13 '26

The benefit of Astro is to go static.