The Laravel vs WordPress debate usually gets framed as new versus old, or hard versus easy. That framing is wrong. Both are mature PHP tools shipping serious business websites every day. WordPress powers roughly 43% of the entire web, and Laravel is the most-starred PHP framework on GitHub.
The real question isn't which is better. It's which risk profile matches your business.
The one distinction that drives everything
WordPress is a CMS you configure. Laravel is a framework you build with.
WordPress hands you 80% of a website on day one: install a theme, add plugins, edit content through a dashboard, no code required. Laravel hands you a clean foundation and expects you to build the 100% you actually need.
