^ as a former WordPress developer, this is where I'm at. If anyone with a small budget wants a website for their small business or project, I would not suggest WordPress unless they are working with an agency they can afford who specializes in it. SquareSpace, Wix, SpaceCraft, etc are much easier to work with.
Also agree re: lock-in. This is actually improving somewhat with Gutenberg, but transferring data from a WordPress site to another platform is still usually going to be a giant pain in the butt unless your content is extremely simple - no metadata, widgets, forms, custom blocks, etc.
Also agree re: lock-in. This is actually improving somewhat with Gutenberg, but transferring data from a WordPress site to another platform is still usually going to be a giant pain in the butt unless your content is extremely simple - no metadata, widgets, forms, custom blocks, etc.