Ask HN: Is WordPress the best way to create new websites for beginner

aanitroves about 2 hours ago 8 comments

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Just curious if there is any better alternative for those who just knows basics of coding and are learning as they build.

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dd-sharma•about 2 hours ago

I love using WP for my blog and I've a self-hosted version. In your question "new websites for beginner" indicates that the user is a beginner and wants to build websites. If websites have simple and static content that don't involve any serious stuff (e.g. e-commerce) then WP is probably ok. But for serious work i won't use it.

basch•39 minutes ago

I’d almost say the opposite.

For a simple website it’s overkill.

For a serious website there’s not much else that has the extensibility. Woocommerce is nearly unrivaled. There isn’t another ecosystem like it. I would think this community would lean towards the open source leaning products to the shopifys.

anitroves•about 2 hours ago

What would be your choice for serious work then

ceejayoz•about 2 hours ago

No. WordPress is a giant nest of security holes.

anitroves•about 2 hours ago

So what's the alternative

not_your_vase•about 2 hours ago

What's your goal? If you want just a random site, then WP will do the job. If you want to learn web development, then I'd start it with a local http server (apache/nginx/whatever's your poison) and start writing html/css/js by hand, and see how it builds up line by line.

anitroves•about 1 hour ago

That is some good advice but i wanna know proper platform or way like wp

ceejayoz•about 2 hours ago

Depends on the languages you know and the type of sites you're building.