Hard Truth About Building With WordPress
One thing I’ve noticed while building with WordPress is this
Most beginners focus on design first…
But the real money is in solving one specific problem well.
For example:
- Speed optimization
- Funnel setup
- Membership systems
- Automation
If you had to start again today,
What ONE skill would you focus on mastering first?
Let’s help the beginners here 👇
Start with the right server. I see a lot of people trying to optimize shared hosting and it blows up under load with business tools. The folks at WP Manage Ninja have repeatedly stated to use a VPS with sufficient resources. You cannot cache your way out of poor hosting. Besides, caching for tools is different than caching for blogs.
I think launching a project isn't incompatible with having a well-designed layout. But I agree with my colleague that the first step is to validate the idea, then launch it to see if it solves the problem, and finally, we can refine the platform to get it the way we want, iterating along the way with suggestions from the users themselves. As a content creator from my country says, create, launch, and monetize.
If, on the other hand, we're working not on our own projects but on client or third-party projects, then the strategy changes. There's no single way to look at it, but the "done is better than pretty" principle should always be prioritized.
Greetings to all! 😎👍
I think the best I could recommend is forming an understanding of why one might choose WordPress. It's incredibly flexible, but requires more knowledge than a pagebuilding service like Squarespace or Wix, and is usually more time- and cost-effective than something like a NextJS app with a headless CMS and SaaS for CRM, project management, etc. And forming an understanding and acceptance that it will take time to foster the skillset to really thrive while using WordPress.
I guess I'm a little old-fashioned, but I think it really is worth learning the fundamentals going from HTML, to CSS (and not undervaluing CSS), to JS, to PHP, and I personally think it's worth learning enough react to build custom blocks too. In terms of practical advice for learning, I think the single most useful thing you can do to facilitate learning is to set up a good local development environment so you can test and learn without any kind of restrictions or stakes.