Title: Will a plain PHP website be faster than WordPress (if PHP code is same)?
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# Will a plain PHP website be faster than WordPress (if PHP code is same)?

 *  [mplusplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mplusplus/)
 * (@mplusplus)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-a-plain-php-website-be-faster-than-wordpress-if-php-code-is-same/)
 * Hi there
 * Will a plain PHP website be faster than WordPress (if PHP code is the same)?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-a-plain-php-website-be-faster-than-wordpress-if-php-code-is-same/#post-13752435)
 * You might find this to be helpful…
 * [https://wp2static.com/](https://wp2static.com/)
 * When implemented properly you can use that plugin to run WordPress as the backend
   to your website then you’ll use the generated static pages for the site itself.
 * Caveats are you’ll lose the interactive bits like comments and any store cart
   system will need to be separate but Leon covers that very well with the documentation.
 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-a-plain-php-website-be-faster-than-wordpress-if-php-code-is-same/#post-13753299)
 * Speed depends on coding practices,
    WordPress is a established framework and 
   CMS, your “plain PHP” will likely be maintained by less people, it will have 
   less extensibility and higher risk to become an abandonware.
 * It may be faster, a bit, because you will likely not be using a lot of features,
   
   but the bottlenecks will be same – MySQL, disk IO.
 * If you are looking to build a really fast site using PHP, look at PHP Phalcon
   
   this is a framework presented as PHP extension (written in C, and therefore it
   is very fast, but you will need VPS or dedicated or otherwise managed by yourself
   server).
 * Using WordPress will save you time, efforts and money. WP performance is still
   good on a good hosting. The choice is yours.
 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-a-plain-php-website-be-faster-than-wordpress-if-php-code-is-same/#post-13759976)
 * Faster to write or faster to load ?
 *  Thread Starter [mplusplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mplusplus/)
 * (@mplusplus)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-a-plain-php-website-be-faster-than-wordpress-if-php-code-is-same/#post-13761296)
 * [@rossmitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/) which one 
   will be faster to load (If PHP code is same)?
    Thanks.
 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-a-plain-php-website-be-faster-than-wordpress-if-php-code-is-same/#post-13764135)
 * Well if the php is the same, then both would be WordPress sites.
 * Truly with fast enough hosting, then the ease of use of WordPress makes it a 
   non contest, just my opinion.

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