Why we don't build on WordPress

Speed, security and the cost of plugins nobody maintains

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Plugins are somebody else's maintenance debt

A typical WordPress business site runs fifteen to thirty plugins. Each one is a separate codebase, a separate update cycle and a separate security surface you did not write and cannot fix.

Speed is a business number

Our builds ship as static-first pages that load in a blink. Page speed feeds directly into search ranking and conversion, and a plugin-heavy stack fights you on both.

Running costs stay honest

No premium plugin licences, no page-builder subscription, no managed-WordPress tier to cover the bloat. Hosting for a Wondercraft build is cheap because the build is light.

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