WordPress or a Custom Django Build? How We Choose the Right Stack

Clients sometimes expect a developer to have one favourite tool and use it for everything. We deliberately work with two very different stacks — WordPress and Django / Wagtail — because they solve different problems well. Here's how we choose.

When WordPress is the right choice

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reasons. With a page builder like Elementor, your team can create and rearrange pages visually, and there's a plugin for almost everything: forms, cookie consent, multilingual content, SEO.

• Marketing websites where the team wants to build new pages without a developer.
• Projects that need to launch quickly on a modest budget.
• Sites whose features are well covered by established, well-maintained plugins.

Sites like Luma Cleaning and Tarefe are good examples. The trade-off: every plugin is code you didn't write, so updates, security and performance need regular attention.

When a custom Django build pays off

Django is a Python web framework used by some of the largest sites in the world; Wagtail is a CMS built on top of it. With Django, we write exactly the features you need — nothing more.

• Custom workflows: registrations, bookings, calculators, dashboards, integrations with other systems.
• Multilingual sites with complex content that must stay structured and consistent.
• Projects where performance, security and long-term maintainability matter most.

The AL FATH FC club website is built this way — and so is the website you're reading right now.

Questions we ask before deciding

1. Who will edit the site, and how often?
2. Does the project need logic that off-the-shelf plugins can't handle well?
3. How many languages, and how much structured content?
4. What's the budget for the first launch — and for the next three years?

There's no universally better option, only a better fit. If you're unsure which one suits your project, that's exactly what our free discovery call is for — start with a brief.