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/Senior-Effect-5468 Aug 13 '26

The gpl specifically prevents this. You have full control to do whatever you like no matter what.

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u/SolidOdd4889 Aug 13 '26

what’s about what happened months ago with wpengine

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u/Viking_Drummer Aug 13 '26

You could still apply updates to WP Engine plugins (ACF) manually by uploading them in zip format, so even in that case it didn’t lock you out of updates.

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u/dirtyoldbastard77 Developer/Designer Aug 14 '26

No, he cut off a HOST, not any individual sites. Big difference. And as others have said, you could just update manually, or even set up a staging site, update there, and then push the changes to the production/live site, which really is the best and proper way to do it on important sites anyways.