Why Use WordPress
- Speed: WordPress is one of the fastest ways to launch a website.
- Themes and Templates: There are dozens of free (and paid) templates and themes ready to use.
- Plugins: You can find plugins for almost every functionality you might need, saving you a lot of development time.
But Is It Suitable for Highly Secure Websites?
In most cases, the answer is no — or you will lose most of WordPress’s advantages anyway.
- Plugins Are a Major Security Risk: Many plugins are poorly maintained, have vulnerabilities, or add unnecessary complexity.
- Themes Are a Major Security Risk: Free and even some paid themes often include outdated libraries, vulnerabilities, or unnecessary code.
- Custom Fixes Defeat the Purpose:
- You could theoretically audit and fix plugins or themes, but that would require almost the same effort (or more) as developing the functionality from scratch.
- You would then be responsible for maintaining all the plugin code yourself — including security patches.
- Most of the time, you don’t even need all the functionality that a plugin provides, adding bloat and risk.
Conclusion
If high security is a must, WordPress is not the best choice.
Either you’ll strip it down so much that it no longer feels like WordPress, or you’ll constantly fight against its default ecosystem to stay secure.