WordPress

For the first time in over a decade, the question of whether WordPress is still worth it has a real debate behind it. Back in December 2025, WordPress powered 43.2% of all websites. By May 27, 2026, that number had dropped to 41.9%, according to W3Techs. Six months of steady decline is not a blip. It is a trend. So the honest version of “is WordPress worth it in 2026” is no longer an automatic yes. It depends on what you are trying to do, how much you want to own, and how comfortable you are with a tool that rewards effort instead of hiding it.

If you want to add a custom function, a CSS tweak, or a tracking script to a WordPress site, you have two real options. Build a child theme, or...