What is WordPress?

Launched in 2003, WordPress has grown to be the world’s most widely used content platform, powering over 40% of the web, including digital infrastructures for some of the biggest enterprises.

On the surface, Umbraco and WordPress are both flexible, open-source CMS platforms, each capable of powering complex, multilingual, API-connected websites. But the similarities mostly end there. 

While Umbraco appeals to .NET-first teams with a heavy emphasis on in-house development, WordPress serves a different kind of need. Where Umbraco leans on custom-builds and backend-heavy customization, WordPress shines in enabling agility through a mature ecosystem with ready-to-deploy solutions, a modern block-based editor, and development workflows built around iteration, not reinvention or building from scratch.

For enterprises, WordPress VIP brings that same flexibility with the performance, scale, and governance large organizations demand.

We’ve put together this handbook for digital teams evaluating Umbraco vs WordPress.

If you’re navigating this CMS decision for your organization, this guide will help you cut through surface-level comparisons and get to what actually matters: how each platform We’ll look at architectural differences, extensibility, maintainability, and enterprise readiness in general. Whether you’re considering migrating from Umbraco to WordPress, building out a proof of concept, or weighing long-term platform risks, you’ll find clarity here.