DECISION GUIDE

WordPress or custom code: pick by your content, not fashion.

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reasons, and fails specific jobs for equally good reasons. This comparison, published by TechSetup for businesses across India, helps you match the tool to the job.

01

WORDPRESS WINS WHEN

Content-heavy sites with standard needs.

Blogs, company sites and catalogues that your own team must update daily are WordPress territory. The editor, plugin ecosystem and hiring pool are unmatched for standard publishing.

  • Your team edits content daily
  • Standard blogs, pages and forms
  • Large hiring pool for future help
  • Fast launch with proven themes

02

CUSTOM WINS WHEN

Unique logic, extreme speed, or strict control.

Configurators, marketplaces, booking engines and sites where milliseconds equal money justify custom engineering. You trade editor convenience for exact fit and performance.

  • Unique buying, booking or configurator flows
  • Strict speed and Core Web Vitals budgets
  • Security or compliance constraints
  • No plugin-update treadmill

CLEAR ANSWERS

Common questions, answered directly.

Is WordPress bad for SEO?

No. Rankings come from speed, structure, content and authority, and WordPress can deliver all four with proper setup. Most WordPress SEO problems are bloated themes and neglected updates, not the platform.

Is custom code more secure?

It has a smaller attack surface, no widely-known plugin vulnerabilities. But security ultimately comes from maintenance discipline on either stack. An unmaintained custom site is as exposed as an unmaintained WordPress one.

Can you maintain my existing WordPress site?

Yes: updates, backups, speed work and small changes, after a takeover check that tells you honestly what state the site is in first.

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