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How to convert a any vibe coded website to WordPress (without banging your head against the wall)

How to convert a any vibe coded website to WordPress (without banging your head against the wall)

via Dev.toEliot Dill

After developing websites for clients for over 20 years, I'm seeing a couple of new trends emerge with the popularity of AI. Trend 1: Tech-Savvy, DIYers using AI First, I'm seeing "tech-savvy" clients come with a website design they generated with Claude Code , Base44 , Bolt.new , Lovable or some other AI website builders . The only problem is that they want us to host it like we do WordPress, give it a CMS backend, and make it rank on search engines - none of which is a simple task or part of our workflow. It is kinda like what Realtor.com and Zillow did to real estate - now homebuyers bring listings to their agent whereas, once upon a time, one had to go to an agent to find all of the listings. Trend 2: AI Website != SEO-Friendly, CMS Second, I'm seeing rookie web developers come to market who are selling vibe coded websites to small local businesses. This is a bad idea because even though the vibe coded website might look nice, it is a single-page application and typically isn't SEO

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