Why we left WordPress for our own site

For years supraide.com ran on WordPress, like a large part of the web. This month we replaced it with a small site written in plain PHP: no database, no plugins, no admin panel exposed to the internet.

Why we changed

• Less to patch. A WordPress site is the core, a theme and a stack of plugins, each with its own updates. Every one is a door someone can try to open. Our new site has no plugins at all.
• Faster pages. Each page is a few kilobytes of HTML and one stylesheet. It loads quickly on a phone in Rivas or in Virginia.
• Nothing to log into. There is no login page to attack. Text changes go through our code, reviewed like any other change.
• Leads in the right place. Contacts used to sit inside WordPress. Now every message is saved in our own systems, outside the website.

When WordPress still makes sense

If a business publishes several articles a week and has a team that edits content every day, a CMS is useful. For a studio site that changes a few times a year, it was more weight than help.

What we kept

Every old address redirects to its new page, so links shared over the years still work. The articles that were worth keeping are here, with new ones on the way.

Simple is not the same as basic. It is easier to keep secure, easier to keep fast and easier to hand over.