Chris Reynolds has spent two decades building with WordPress. So when he started seeing fellow agency owners declare they were dumping the CMS entirely for AI-generated sites, he paid attention. The pitch sounds seductive. Use Claude Code to build sites in a fraction of the time. Manage content through a chatbot instead of an admin panel. What's not to love?
Why AI Won't Kill Your CMS
Chris Reynolds, a 20-year WordPress veteran, argues against abandoning CMSes for AI-generated sites. While AI tools like Claude Code build faster, concerns remain about dependency hell, vendor lock-in, and maintenance. The solution isn't replacement, it's coexistence. WordPress's MCP support and Cloudflare's EmDash show how AI becomes an interface layer, not a CMS killer.