Why We Build Every Client Site with Next.js Instead of WordPress

Four years ago, I made a decision that most web developers thought was mad: I stopped building WordPress sites entirely. Every client site from that point forward would be built with Next.js. No exceptions. I run WebDev Wales , a small web development studio in South Wales. My clients are local businesses - plumbers, restaurants, accountants, tradespeople. The kind of people who used to be the bread and butter of every WordPress developer. Here's what happened and why I'd make the same choice again. The breaking point I was maintaining about fifteen WordPress sites when the tipping point came. Three of them got compromised in the same week through a vulnerability in a popular contact form plugin. I spent two full days cleaning malware, restoring backups, and explaining to clients why their website was showing pharmaceutical ads. That same month, a client called asking why their site was slow. Their WordPress install had 34 plugins. Thirty-four. Most of them were doing things that could