Almost 2026, but I still choose WordPress for CMS

Hey guys,

Here was the story: I’ve been spending like 2 days figuring out which CMS I want to use for my new blog (for my new hobby lol)

Let’s see, I’ve considered these options, and why I don’t want to use them:

October CMS: no built-in blogging system, we have to install a blog plugin, and the main editor is a markdown editor (man, it’s almost 2026, I don’t want to write raw markdown lol).
Filament: same as October CMS, we have to build or install a plugin for blogging. Their Rich Editor looks ok, though.
Strapi: looks incredible, but I have to run a NodeJS app, which means another thing to observe/take care of, ok, not so cool.
Custom build: I’ve been doing that for the last two sites, and it’s not cool, haha.
- I mean, if we want to learn how to build a CMS site, go for it.
- But if we want peace and want to deploy and use, then don’t do it. Honestly, it looks overkill and a waste of huge time (and come up with something not so perfect to use, while others already did that for us based on their years of experience)

Why WordPress?

First, as a person who has been working with PHP for 9 years, I feel comfortable using WordPress. It leads to:

Second, with the LLMs (I’ve only been using GPT & Copilot), it helps me build and learn things around WordPress super fast.

I believe when you’re at the Senior level, you know exactly what you want. You can let the LLMs generate code, then we review/adjust, and we have what we want.
And of course, learning, too!

Third, deploying PHP apps is super simple (I mean, LAMP stack is still a thing, and probably strong forever, haha). So here are the options:

Laravel Forge (why not lol)
Bref to deploy on AWS Lambda
$5 VPS at Vultr, I can either run WordPress in:
- LAMP mode
- High perf mode by utilizing RoadRunner/FrankenPHP

Fourth, WordPress makes SEO easier. Additionally, we can also install a free plugin for extra SEO stuff (sitemap, meta, social media, etc)

Last, WordPress is FREE and open source, has a large community, receives frequent updates, and is well-documented.

Probably not, lol!

For business apps, I’d go with Filament, which makes more sense (also easier)

I’ve found this gem _tw (https://underscoretw.com/), which helps us to build a WordPress theme using Tailwind v4, super cool!

Alright, thanks for reading. It has been so long since my last post, haha! Will try to write more.