Creating a website using HTML can be difficult if you have never coded before. Fortunately, WordPress exists today and allows you to manage content easily without any HTML knowledge.
However, both WordPress and HTML have their pros and cons, depending on your requirements. This blog will help you make a sound decision.
The main distinction between WordPress and HTML is that developing a website with WordPress does not require any development knowledge while coding it from scratch with HTML has a steeper learning curve, but it will give you more control. Moreover, a website created with HTML alone will be relatively simple, and making it more dynamic will require additional CSS and JS code.
It won’t be wrong to say that both have different pros and cons. It purely depends on our knowledge of this technology and our circumstances to create a website. Both have other qualities. We can also use a combination of these two. Don’t forget that we can use HTML/CSS/JS even if we use WordPress since it provides that facility. It is not a valid reason that we should use WordPress instead of HTML/CSS/JS if we want a dynamic site. Also, it is wrong that google prefers HTML websites.
Our decision depends on the type of website we want, what our website will do, how much time we have to create the website, for whom we are making the website, what is the purpose of creating the website and the fact that we want to use PHP or not for the development part. The decision will vary from situation to situation.
We should use HTML/CSS/JS instead of WordPress for website creation in the following conditions:
– If we have sufficient and significant knowledge about these technologies.
– If we want full customization options on our website and control over every part of it.
– If we also know all the other web technology and things that our website will require, e.g., in case our website requires a database, then we must also learn about the concerning DBMS, for example, MySQL. We may also need to integrate external components into our website, like a Twitter tweet box, a Facebook-like button, a payment gateway, a shopping cart, etc. Hence we should know about them too. Otherwise, we may get stuck.
– If it is a website created for a startup that will expand in the future (e.g., the manner facebook or Google were made), then choosing HTML/CSS/JS instead of WordPress will give us more flexibility to do anything with our website in the future.
– If the client doesn’t want to use PHP or if we are planning to use other technology like- ASP, JSP, etc., for development instead of PHP.
– If we are designing a website for a client and we don’t know what technology will they use for development then using WordPress will force them to use PHP. In this case, we should use HTML/CSS/JS.
– If you have sufficient time to create a website using HTML/CSS/JS.
– If we don’t want to use any CMS like – WordPress.
– And there are many other reasons for going through this way…
We should use WordPress instead of HTML/CSS/JS for website creation in the following conditions:
– If we don’t know much about HTML/CSS/JS and still want to create a website and manage it.
– If we are creating the website for a client who doesn’t bother about using any technology and wants a good admin panel so that they can manage the website content and the website itself after you leave it.
– If our primary concern is the website content and if we want to manage our website content well and want to change the website theme at regular intervals without the burden of coding again.
– If we have a short deadline for creating the website and the person for whom the website is designed is okay with WordPress and PHP.
– If we don’t want to create a website from scratch and code for little things.
– If we quickly want to create a blog.
– If we don’t bother about creating a custom design and are okay with using the available WordPress theme.
– If we plan for a sophisticated website and do it in WordPress, we should also know how to create custom themes, customize an already-made theme, etc. While building a sophisticated website, there can be some situations in which we shall have to apply the knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS at some place, e.g., changing the color of a button, re-sizing a website element, etc. So be aware of this and plan accordingly.
And again, there are many other reasons for using WordPress…..
We can also use a combination of these two. We can use HTML/CSS/JS for making some of the parts of the website, and we can also use WordPress for the rest of the website.
The final decision varies on the situation and facts explained above. In all cases, the ultimate motive is to create a website. And it is up to the client or us.
Conclusion
Looking at the facts stated above, one can understand that WordPress is a good choice, which is probably why many websites are utilizing it. But that’s not the only truth; the ultimate question one should ask to self before making a choice is the actual use case. At the same time, it is a good choice for WordPress in a personal website, lightweight corporate websites, etc., where the intent is to share information.
But for large applications like e-commerce, social network, etc., the situation becomes entirely different. In that case, we would need to consider hundreds of factors and most likely need to go with custom web development using backend and front-end tools and frameworks.
