WordPress or a hand-coded website – which suits your business?

What's the difference?

WordPress is a content management system: your content is stored in a database, and you can edit text and images yourself through an interface. A hand-coded website consists of finished HTML, CSS and JavaScript files. There's no database and no plugins – the developer makes changes directly in the files.

When WordPress makes sense

• You want to change content yourself regularly, for example gallery images or job ads.
• The website is meant to grow later, for example with a blog or many subpages.
• Several people in your business should be able to maintain content.

The price for that: WordPress, theme and plugins need regular updates. If they're neglected, the site gets slower and more vulnerable. Maintenance is therefore almost always worthwhile with WordPress.

When a hand-coded website is the better choice

• Your content rarely changes – services, contact details and references mostly stay the same.
• Loading speed matters to you: without a database and plugins, such sites are very fast.
• You want as little tech and upkeep as possible.

Without a database there's far less attack surface. In return, you need someone to make changes for you – at Studio Adil via a short message, individually or as part of a plan.

Side-by-side comparison

My recommendation

For many small businesses with a clear website that rarely changes, a hand-coded site is the leaner solution. If you want to maintain a lot yourself, WordPress serves you better. In the first call we look together at what fits your day-to-day – I build both. By the way, this website is hand-coded.