Should I build on WordPress or with custom code? — answered by Engineer Saeed Baatiah
WordPress makes sense for a content site and blog updated daily by a non-technical team, provided you keep up with its security updates, because plugins are the most common breach route. Custom code on a modern framework such as Next.js is better when speed and visibility in search and AI answers are priorities, or when the site carries its own business logic. The common middle path: a front end built in modern code with content managed from a separate system.