# Why do people switch from WordPress to Ghost? **URL:** \ **Category:** Using Ghost\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449 "2021-02-28T12:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![themeix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/themeix/32/4472_2.png) [@themeix](https://forum.ghost.org/u/themeix)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/1 "2021-02-28T12:07:01Z")
Hey there! Considering switching [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/) to [Ghost](https://ghost.org/)? If so, then you’re probably trying to work out whether it’ll be a good decision for you – and that we wanted to assist make that process a little bit easier. Scroll down and you will find as many details as we will squeeze onto one page to assist offer you a summary of Ghost vs WordPress compared. We’ll also offer you a straight-up comparison of features, customer experiences, pricing and performance. Ghost may be a fast and modern WordPress alternative which puts the thrill back to blogging. #### **Why should move WordPress to Ghost?** If you are looking for a platform that increasingly attempts to try to everything and do not mind cutting through the noise to form it work for your publishing needs, then WordPress could be suitable for you. But if performance, security, the cost to run and an honest publishing experience are important to you, keep reading. If you’re disgusted wading through menus and navigating complex options that you simply never use, we have got news for you: So were we. Let’s be real here: WordPress may be a popular tool, employed by many of us to achieve a huge number of things. But if you are a serious publisher and you care about the experience you and your team have a day at work, you’ll probably do better! ![Move Website WordPress to Ghost](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/d/b/dbfc7e075e7276fdce672aacea69a1423e5a98bb.jpeg "Why do people switch from WordPress to Ghost? (NEW) 2") #### **Why Is Ghost Considered to be better?** Let’s start by discussing what Ghost does an equivalent. One among the foremost loved features of WordPress is that it is open-source and versatile, and Ghost has the precise same setup. The most difference is that Ghost is explicitly focused on doing one thing well: And that is ‘Publishing’. Everything revolves around your content! Ghost comes with all of the tools you want to increase direct relationships together with your audience or even generate predictable sales out of your work. Registration forms, member management, payments, subscriptions and email newsletters are built-in: without any additional plugins or fees! #### **1. Ghost Is More Affordable** Ghost has brought the opportunity of the best-hosted carrier in the business, called Ghost(Pro). It’s similar to going for walks WordPress on a fully-managed web hosting carrier with a dedicated Content Delivery Network. You get the same top-notch infrastructure and exquisite support, whether you currently acquire some thousand views or you’re already up to tens of millions. #### **2. Ghost Comes with SEO** What’s the factor in publishing if nobody reads your content? Ghost has the fine support for search engine optimization and social sharing functions of any blogging platform in the world. You don’t need any more plugins or extensions, and you don’t need to jot down any more code. It simply works. It gives you the extra benefit but providing SEO Optimizing options for your blog. #### **3. Social Built-in Features** There are many more facilities in Ghost than WordPress. Built-in Google AMP pages, canonical tags, XML sitemaps, Google AMP pages, canonical tags, optimized URLs, microformats, Facebook Open Graph tags, support for Twitter cards and clean semantic markup. #### **4. Ghost Is Faster Than WordPress** The speed of your blog is a very important factor. It has a great impact on your search engine ranking and mobile user engagements as well. Getting up and running with WordPress takes more time than Ghost. But the ghost makes your publication easier and faster. Ghost can respond faster. #### **5. Ghost Comes with More Updated Tools** If you want to design a beautiful and eye-catchy blog for yourself or your business, then you should use ghost themes. WordPress comes only with the basic blogging tools but Ghost has many tools that you might need to use for the improvement of your blog. You can easily customize and modify your site with Ghost as many times as you want. #### **The verdict** It is very difficult to say which is the best between Ghost and WordPress and there is no direct or straightforward answer of this question. But if you are looking for a smart and easy blogging tool for your blog, then Ghost will be the best pick for you as it will let you publish posts and format them with SEO optimization and social sharing options as well. It is way easier to master and use than WordPress. It does not even need any configuration. WordPress on the other hand is widely used by people. Using WordPress allows you to learn the ropes with the mirror. Moreover, it is a bit cheaper than Ghost for many reasons. Sometimes the pricing model might not be affordable for many users and also happens in case of Ghost. #### **Last Thought** Both Ghost and WordPress are Widely used nowadays and both have different functions to perform. We all are different in nature and choice, so you may definitely go for any of these according to your preference. It depends on the nature of the goal or target that your blog is made for. Both comes in free and premium versions and hosted by servers and self-hosted forms. But still, Ghost gives you more options to have SEO settings, social sharing, features, fast workability, unique functionality and many other exciting tools that have made it better than WordPress in many ways. > Visit our [ghost theme archive](https://themeix.com/product/category/ghost-themes/) to get latest ghost theme from themeix. > For any kind of custom Ghost Development Work, Fixing, Migration Help etc You can feel free to contact us. 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**Author:** ![jhona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@jhona](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jhona)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/2 "2022-04-13T05:21:01Z")
I think people does switch from WordPress to ghost because Ghost is powered by a modern technology stack using Node and js – it’s fast . ---
**Author:** ![rotello](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/rotello/32/13307_2.png) [@rotello](https://forum.ghost.org/u/rotello)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/3 "2023-10-01T20:30:31Z")
it s fast but it s also a nightmare to set up on “normal” webhosts. i am happy with my ghostPRO, but i’ve some smaller project for which i spend 30 euro/ year and i am not sure i need to switch ---
**Author:** ![AnnaMariaEriksson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/annamariaeriksson/32/24001_2.png) [@AnnaMariaEriksson](https://forum.ghost.org/u/AnnaMariaEriksson)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/4 "2023-10-05T10:18:33Z")
I switched mostly due to the speed, ease of use and SEO. However, I’m thinking of switching back, **but I really don’t want to**. WP is awesome, but it’s also a mess. If Ghost would fix the commenting system, so I could block users, I’d stay, but if they’ll never fix it, I might have to go back. ---
**Author:** ![block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@block](https://forum.ghost.org/u/block)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/5 "2023-10-06T08:45:53Z")
Wordpress is an hot mess and it’s impossible using it. I just miss some functions, like the possibility to autoupdate meta titles with expressions like %%title%% %%sep%% %%currentmonth%% %%currentyear%% or the media library and other little things. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cowgirl/32/26746_2.png) [@Cowgirl](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/6 "2023-10-08T11:11:56Z")
I switched for reasons already mentioned, Wordpress is a total mess. I miss advertising options using the simple Ghost pro tier but that sad the headache of not having to worry about the constant updates of Wordpress makes it all worth while. I used WP for 12 years and except using it for two company landing pages I will never ever go back to WP. ---
**Author:** ![nixsanctuary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@nixsanctuary](https://forum.ghost.org/u/nixsanctuary)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/7 "2025-07-18T06:55:24Z")
I never switched because I started with Ghost only. I initially tried BackdropCMS which is more near and dear to FSF. ---
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/8 "2025-07-19T20:27:59Z")
I left Wordpress for Forward Kentucky primarily because of the cost. The basic site didn’t cost too much – but the plugins were eating up my budget. ---
**Author:** ![themeix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/themeix/32/4472_2.png) [@themeix](https://forum.ghost.org/u/themeix)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/9 "2025-07-20T05:09:28Z")
Yes, and also security issue. ---
**Author:** ![bert\_o\_t](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bert_o_t/32/19176_2.png) [@bert\_o\_t](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bert_o_t)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/10 "2025-07-20T10:27:16Z")
I’ve never understood why people say WordPress is not secure. The core is bulletproof, it is usually plugins or themes people install without proper research that cause problems if not careful. If you self-host WordPress, just like Ghost, you have to keep things up to date. There is a reason why some of the world’s largest publications choose WordPress. You even have the likes of News Corp now using WordPress on several of their biggest websites. For me, Ghost has just plateaued and no longer feels like it’s improving. Having said that, I am still a fan of Ghost and use it on one of my smaller projects. ---
**Author:** ![Stromfeldt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/stromfeldt/32/13572_2.png) [@Stromfeldt](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Stromfeldt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/11 "2025-07-20T10:56:38Z")
> [@bert\_o\_t](#): > > For me, Ghost has just plateaued and no longer feels like it’s improving. Give it a few days/weeks and you may change your mind. ---
**Author:** ![bert\_o\_t](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bert_o_t/32/19176_2.png) [@bert\_o\_t](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bert_o_t)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/12 "2025-07-20T12:18:46Z")
> [@Stromfeldt](#): > > Give it a few days/weeks and you may change your mind. I am looking forward to V6. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cowgirl/32/26746_2.png) [@Cowgirl](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/13 "2025-07-20T18:05:07Z")
Well now you caught my attention 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![nixsanctuary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@nixsanctuary](https://forum.ghost.org/u/nixsanctuary)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/14 "2025-07-21T04:12:55Z")
> [@bert\_o\_t](#): > > I am still a fan of Ghost and use it on one of my smaller projects. I believe that things should be the easiest for the smallest fish in the game, or the lowest-hanging fruit. The fight should be for a clean, truly open core with no presets, bloat, or hard-coded settings or options. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cowgirl/32/26746_2.png) [@Cowgirl](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/15 "2025-07-21T11:24:02Z")
Exactly that, costly plugins and costly themes. ---
**Author:** ![KBExit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kbexit/32/38359_2.png) [@KBExit](https://forum.ghost.org/u/KBExit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/why-do-people-switch-from-wordpress-to-ghost/20449/16 "2025-07-22T13:25:54Z")
My biggest gripe about Wordpress is their themes. You drop 60-100 dollars on a theme and then you’re met with the “Required Plugins” which often times require you to be an active subscriber for. Now, you’re spending more money on a blog than you envisioned and your site is loading slower because it’s calling APIs to confirm your license, loading bloat, etc. Ghost does it right. It keeps it slick and simple. Newsletters built right in, you don’t need a new plugin for that. Loads instantly, you don’t need a plugin for that. etc etc etc