I have to set up a small website, it’s a porfolio for a design company with just the standard sections: home, about us, services, portfolio and contact. That’s it, no blog, no dynamic sections, no big deal.
I thought I could do it using WordPress, but I think it maybe an overkill. On the one hand, WP maybe useful for a couple of interesting plugins that could save me some time, like sitemap generator and better SEO results, and also for in-browser editing of the posts. But on the other hand, it’s harder to do the things “the wordpress way”, like using wp_enqueue_script to load the scripts and things like that. Also, sections are not like posts, each one is different, not to mention the homepage, so the “generality” that WordPress could bring me is somehow useless.
What do you think?
5 Answers
I don’t think it’s overkill. IMHO even a small site can benefit from running WordPress.
World wide web is a very dynamic environment and your site should stick to this flow.
You can keep your site up to date when it comes to terms of usability, security and other standarts just by keeping your WordPress core updated.
I’d expect no troubles with speed/performance with such a small project.
And of course it is very scalable for any future client needs like Wyck has mentioned.
home, about us, services, portfolio
and contact … no
dynamic sections
In my experience often portfolio is a dynamic type of content. Your use case can be different of course.
One more thing: time spent learning how to make WP fit your needs is an investment that will come back to you ( probably during your next project 🙂
