The case for moving on

WordPress powers 43% of the web — and that number is a red flag, not a badge of honour. When a single monolithic CMS becomes the default, it's usually because switching is painful, not because it's genuinely the best tool. Let's look at what the alternatives actually offer.

Performance

Astro generates pure static HTML at build time. There is no PHP runtime, no database query, no plugin-chain rendering pipeline. A visitor requesting your homepage gets a pre-built file from the nearest Cloudflare edge node — typically sub-100ms TTFB globally. WordPress, even with heavy caching layers, still executes server-side code on the critical path.

Editing experience

Sanity Studio is a fully customisable headless CMS built in React. Editors get a polished interface that reflects your content model exactly — no theme options panel, no shortcode documentation, no confusion between editor and theme concerns. Webflow's editor is slick for designers, but it tightly couples design decisions to content structure in ways that cause friction at scale.

Total cost of ownership

WordPress looks free until you factor in hosting that can handle traffic spikes, a security plugin subscription, a caching layer, a CDN, annual plugin license renewals, and a developer to keep everything updated. Astro on Cloudflare Pages is free up to enormous traffic volumes. Sanity's free tier covers most small business sites.

Our verdict

For brochure sites — marketing pages, service listings, blogs — the modern stack wins on every dimension that matters to clients: speed, security, editorial experience, and long-term maintenance cost. The only reason to stay on WordPress in 2025 is if you already have and need to preserve an enormous amount of custom WordPress-specific functionality.