11/08/2026
AI can make the first version of a website much faster and cheaper.
But building the website is only the beginning.
A few months later, the real questions start:
Can you easily change the content?
Can you add new pages or features?
Is the site still fast?
Do updates break anything?
Can another developer understand how it was built?
This is where the original setup starts to matter.
AI is a great tool and we already use it ourselves, but a website still needs a good foundation if you want to keep it for years.
The cheapest website on day one is not always the cheapest website to own.
For us, that is becoming one of the most important questions when building WordPress websites today:
How easy will this site be to maintain, change and grow after launch?