I keep a small self-hosted WordPress install for a personal project, nothing fancy, just a few pages and a blog. Lately I’ve been curious about these AI app builders that generate a site from a prompt, and whether one could eventually replace what I have. My concern is lock-in: with WordPress I can export the database and move hosts, but I don’t know what I’d be able to take with me from an AI builder. I also don’t want to lose the ability to hand-edit templates or add a plugin later if the generated result needs tweaking. Cost over a couple of years is another unknown, since subscription pricing adds up in a way that hosting doesn’t always. I’m not in a rush, just weighing whether it’s worth experimenting on a side project before touching anything I actually depend on. Has anyone here made that jump, and how did the export and editing side work out?
Still weighing this for my side project rather than my real site. Best WordPress.com WordPress Agent Alternatives (2026) came up while I was looking into export options, but I’m not convinced I’d keep the hand-editing and plugin flexibility I’m used to.