Billy Pearson

The Interweb | Search engine specialist | @Pearsonline1

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

We like #WordPress, so we rebuild it in #Rust.

https://t.co/c5avSnl3eZ

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

What is the last website you published using #Wordpress?

Drop the link and I will take a look.

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@zerospree Wow, very cool page!

Lots of fun little interactions.

If I had to point out 1 thing, it's that on scroll when all the images change size while scrolling, it's a bit too much. That could be more subtle.

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

I'll check your website and give you feedback. Drop a link.

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@manali_manek01 Currently building a WordPress clone with ai. https://t.co/85kaTD1cHv

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@Emmyesdk Don't think so.

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@eryvanxbz Working on open-source CMS https://t.co/85kaTD1cHv. A WordPress clone in Rust to help agencies that work with WordPress smoothly transition to something faster and safer without losing all the WordPress capabilities they are used to.

[Ahmed EL JAOUARI @aeljaouari]

I migrated a website with 800+ articles from @WordPress to a fully static HTML site managed with Claude Code.

A few months later, I went back to WordPress.

At first, it felt like the obvious move.

Why keep a CMS if AI can manage the entire site?

On paper, the advantages were clear:

- Extreme performance (no database, no plugins)
- Full flexibility (edit HTML/CSS/JS directly)
- Better security (almost no attack surface)
- Claude could even suggest internal links using Search Console data

I genuinely thought I had found something better.

Then I started managing the site every day.

And the reality hit.

Want to change 2 lines in an article?

WordPress: open, edit and update. Done in 20 seconds.

Static + Claude: find the file, understand the context, make the change, check that nothing broke. Several minutes.

Same problem when deleting multiple articles or updating categories, pagination, sitemap, internal links, redirects…

The usual answer is: “Just build scripts and agents.”

True.

But the moment you start building all those automations, you’re basically rebuilding your own CMS.

So the real question is no longer:

“Can AI replace WordPress?”

It’s:

“Can it handle all the small daily operations quickly and reliably?”

On a small site : yes, static + AI is excellent.

On an editorial site with hundreds of articles that you update regularly : it’s a different story.

You end up managing HTML + categories + pagination + sitemap + search + redirects + internal linking + deployment + prompts…

Your website becomes a software project.

After several months living without WordPress, my conclusion is simple:

WordPress isn’t dead.

Because the real strength of a CMS is that it automatically handles hundreds of small things you no longer have to think about.

Anyone else tried going fully static with AI on a large content site?

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@aeljaouari @WordPress have you tried https://t.co/c5avSnkvpr ?

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@Zaydenf9 https://t.co/c5avSnl3eZ

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@WPTutz Have you tried https://t.co/c5avSnkvpr? You still keep all the WordPress flexibility with also generating lightning-fast pages because it all runs from one binary.

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@WPCupid @YouTube Now you also have the option for a Wordpress clone build in Rust. 10x faster and comes with all the plugins you need out of the box.

https://t.co/c5avSnkvpr

[Yash @YashHustle_22]

Hot take:

AI slop is because of humans not because of AI. Many people are creating amazing stuff with the help of AI.

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@wpnewsio there is also one done in Rust:

https://t.co/c5avSnkvpr

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

Time for a 10x faster and more secure Wordpress

https://t.co/c5avSnl3eZ

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@albertolco88 Checking-in!

I'm in Barcelona building https://t.co/85kaTD1cHv

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@ataturkoglubora @photomatt That's awesome!

I was doing the same but in Rust.

https://t.co/c5avSnkvpr

[Billy Pearson @BillyDuaneP]

@ataturkoglubora @photomatt nice

[Aaron Marquez @TheAaronAM]

WordPress is dead.