Going to build a huge site, wordpress or .php

[ai2490]

Im planning on spending the summer building a massive website and am looking for some advice on which platform to build it on.

My inclination is to build with wordpress as it is so easy to use, but I am concerned about wordpress being too easily hackable. I hope for this site to become very popular and receive a tonne of traffic, it therefore may become a good target for hackers!

Is this something I should be legitimately worried about or are the ways to 110% secure a wordpress site?

Are there any other reasons why I should choose .php over wordpress?

[pokerprop]

Wordpress can be easily modified so that the source code provides no hint it is wordpress powered. If you change the location of the admin log in, use a secure passwords changed frequently and avoid plug ins it should be secure enough. Also regular website back ups go along way and wordpress is easy to restore to a previous back up when it does get hacked.

[pokeraussie]

I don't think there is a way to 110% secure ANY website. If wordpress is flexible enough for your requirements then I would definitely choose it. It's more then a blog platform, it's a CMS.

[ih82lose]

I always answer Wordpress to this question.

As was mentioned, no site is 100% secure from hackers.
But you just need good backups.

I would not build a large site without a CMS(content management system). I believe a large site should be database driven. I believe this allows for the greatest flexibility in the future.

[MJ]

If you have the budget I would lean towards a custom php cms tailored to your needs and powered by mysql database. 2-5k in development but wp would also be good.

I think I know the project btw (fun bidding war we had) and I has massive potential - good luck!

[Lovina]

Speaking from experience, go with a CMS, either Wordpress or something similar.
Trying to manage a site built simply in PHP is a nightmare.

[Stocks]

If you got the budget I'd consider a custom cms aswell thats what I did for my site www.GamblingStrategy.net and I could'nt be happier with it.

[HBKKH]

Wordpress is great for SEO and easy to change