Wix, WordPress or Modern Stack? What you really need to know before building your site

You want a website. You want it beautiful, fast, and to attract people.
But between Wix, WordPress, and developers talking about Next.js + React + Vercel, you don't know who to trust anymore.

This guide is here to clarify things, without bullshit, without glitter, and especially without sugarcoating.

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🧨 WordPress: still a gas factory?

Yes. And even worse than before in some cases. Why?

Plugins on plugins:
Nothing has changed. You want a slider? A plugin.
A form? A plugin.
SEO optimization? A plugin.
And often they step on each other, with updates that break everything.

Fragile security:
It's still the most hacked CMS in the world.
Not because it sucks, but because it's popular + poorly maintained by non-technical people.
(Sites with "admin / 123456" are still running...)

Heavy themes and integrated builders:
People buy "super themes" on ThemeForest with 6 builders included, tons of animations, CSS injected everywhere...
Result: 5-second loading time, 300 requests, a crying Google PageSpeed.

Performance / SEO / Mobile?
You can try to optimize... but you spend your time patching, disabling, looking for the miracle plugin.
While in Next.js, it's native.

Verdict: WordPress can be powerful in very good hands, but it's always messy, especially once you want to do anything other than a basic blog.

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🎨 Wix: is it better in 2025?

No. It's better marketed, but not better technically.

It's pretty to start with, and very quick to get online.
But as soon as you want:

• good SEO,
• a real navigation structure,
• dynamic content or an external database,
• custom components...

👉 You hit a wall.

The generated code is hell:
Try to have a Wix site audited by a front-end dev: they'll send you a 🤡 emoji.

You stay locked in their system:
Want to migrate? You can't.
Want to inject server code? Nope.
Want to connect an external API? It's slow, rigid, or impossible.

Verdict: Wix is like a cardboard mockup.
From afar, it's cute. But it won't hold up in the rain.

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The Modern Stack: Next.js + React + Vercel + Supabase

And now?
You want solid, fast, controlled? Welcome to the big leagues.

• Next.js lets you build ultra-fast sites or apps, with static or dynamic rendering.
• React gives you total freedom over interactivity, components, responsiveness.
• Vercel deploys all this automatically, with a global CDN, live previews, and zero hassle.
• Supabase, if you need a database, gives you a ready-to-use API, auth, storage, and even real-time.

Want a showcase site? It works.
A .mdx blog? Easy.
A SaaS? An app with dashboard, users, payment? It's made for that.

Verdict: You build to last. You don't fight against your stack. You go fast. And you can grow.

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📊 Quick comparison

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Conclusion

If you want to cobble together a site that looks good for two months, you can go with Wix.
If you want to stack plugins until collapse, you can try WordPress.
But if you want a site that lasts, performs, and gives you all freedoms,
you already know what I'm going to tell you.

In 2025, the modern stack has won.
The only question left is: are you building to last?