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Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
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Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

framework for creating a site that gets 20k hits a day; Wordpress or Rails

l am creating a site that gets like 20k hits day. Just need some opinion on either using Wordpress or Rails and reasons. l know Rails is quick and scales well.

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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Two things matter more, and it's not Wordpress(php) or Rails(ruby).

Server resources available to handle request, and code cleanliness.

You can equally jack up both, horribly. There are a plethora of Wordpress sites that get way more than 20K hits a day. Most tech blogs are wordpress pulling in those kinda views all day every day.

There are a plethora of Rails sites that also pull in more than 20K visits a day.

Where you can get yourself in trouble in Wordpress is inefficient code out of inexperience. Or using inefficient plugins (Wordpress's version of gems) You can get yourself in Rails by writing inefficient code out of inexperience. Or using inefficient gems (Rail's version of plugins)

Notice how they're the same pitfall?

The big question comes down to the back end. Wordpress gives you a backend. Will it work? Are you doing something that requires a custom back end interface? Compared to Rails, where you're left to build it all.

Compare hosting costs for each, which language you are more comfortable in, and does Wordpress's highly opinionated CMS work for your needs, or do you need something less opinionated like Rails, or Laravel, or .....