Build WordPress
KINDAreplaces $4/mosaves $48/yrback to the verdict
Before step 1
you will need
- Node 22 and a machine or VPS to run it on
- A domain and TLS if you want it public
- Local disk or an S3 bucket for media
- Your own backup habit
Delivery order
Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands.
done whenThe project starts from a documented command in a clean checkout.
Implement the primary data model and core workflow.
done whenThe main object can be created, read and changed end to end.
Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence.
done whenBad input is refused with a readable message and nothing is left corrupted.
Cover the critical path with automated tests.
done whenThe highest-risk behavior fails the suite when it breaks.
Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step.
done whenA fresh clone reaches the first successful workflow using only the README.
That is the whole plan for WordPress. What it deliberately does not cover is below · check the gaps before you call it a replacement.
- The plugin ecosystem: SEO, forms, caching, memberships, analytics, backups, all one click away in WordPress and all your problem in the DIY build
- WooCommerce and anything resembling commerce
- Gutenberg block editing and the visual page builders non-technical people actually like
- A theme marketplace, so your site looks like whatever the agent felt like that day
- Any hope of handing the site to a developer who already knows the stack
- Security updates and managed hosting done by someone who is not you
Need the files? The project pack on the verdict page hands your agent the whole brief · more website builders.