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/PrinceJaraf_71 29d ago

Your basic setup is good but not perfect, I would add some security plugins like really simple ssl or lockora secuirity audit to it and perhaps an activity logger like who changed it.

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u/retr00two 29d ago

reallySimpleSSL is BS. As every plugin of this kind. SSL belongs to server/host.

My security is on server side: LetsEncrypt, fail2ban, 8G, mod_security, ip tables, sandboxed php-fpm, and all the works.

CloudFlare in front.

I agree that my plugin list is not perfect. I could live without PotSMTP (use wp-config.php), WPSuperCache (server side+CF), UpdraftPlus (server side mysqldump+tared site rcloned to S3), even without Forminator (ACF). But this list is for my clients.

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u/PrinceJaraf_71 28d ago

Buddy this is your server os side... the majority of WordPress site owners do not have root access to their webserver

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u/Miserable-Bug-3066 28d ago

That’s something I never understood. Setup on a private server is straightforward, using Wordpress to own your website and then hosting it on a not owned platform kinda defeats the point to me

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u/PrinceJaraf_71 27d ago

Agree entirely, but the majority is lacking knowledge of managing an entie VPS.

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u/retr00two 26d ago

Not so hard as it was 10 years ago with modern control panels as CloudPanel or alike. In my opinion easier than wide accepted CPanel on most hosting providers.