HTML is best but it takes lot of time to add / change any thing which takes lot of manual hours if the website is bigger. Wordpress makes the work more easy and it is handy too as there are lot of pulgins available on the web and it's a good platform.

Small site: HTML preferable | Larger Website: Wordpress / any CMS.

If you don't know about onpage SEO I would use wordpress. Because it has some plugins that can help you with that.

There is no reason to do pages in pure HTML anymore. It's just too much work and there's no advantages if WordPress (etc) is configured correctly.

IMHO pure html sites are history.

Best for what? That would be my first question what are you trying to do? There are still reasons for using a static site. They are just different tools for different purposes thats it.

So the question really is. What are you trying to do and which tool would be best to do it with?

Hope that helps,
Fred

If you have a system that speed up your development, then I would choose HTML. Especially if you plan to host many sites on one private server (VPS or dedicated).

If you don't have a system like that, then go with WordPress; it gives you most of the things out of the box, plus extendable functionality with plugins. You will also save your time.

Wordpress sites now give you so much flexibility that it almost makes html sites redundant.

With wordpress you can install a lot of plugins for email capture, all in one seo, sitemaps etc which all help seo.

If you are in the minisite niche then perhaps you would get them done by a graphic artist in html and just type in your sales copy etc in a html editor.

If you are not deciding to go with minisites then wordpress is definitely the way to go. Also if you get bored, or its not converting with a particular theme, or you want to give your site a bit of a facelift, it is simply a case of installing a new theme and making minor amendments.

Good luck

html is best.

I don't think we can or should make this comparison. It all depends on your needs, skills and preferences.

I <3 Wordpress. It makes things simple. You build your theme using HTML/ PHP anyways, this just makes making content changes simpler in my opinion. With Wordpress you can also use plugins to achieve pretty much anything you want, why reinvent the wheel.

These are the only two choices??

BTW, no one has yet to point out the obvious answer, which is no matter what, your site will be using HTML. The choice is never HTML or <insert random technology here>, unless you're choosing between HTML, and say, Flash.

If you have the time and the skill to do manual coding for the site, then go for HTML. If you don't have the both then, Wordpress is best for you. It's easy, plugins are great and most importantly it's SEO friendly.

Wordpress sites that output XHTML are the best.

I think WordPress sites are easier to manage, especially with the use of plugins. However, HTML sites allow you to be more creative because each page doesn't have to follow a template.

wordpress is best

HTML sites are the best. It demands knowledge of HTML but you can use several functionalities to design an attractive webpage which is not possible in WordPress. That doesn't mean WordPress is not useful. WordPress can be used by people those who don't want to put their heads over a book telling them about HTML tags.

HTML is the best, cuz u can change whatever u want but we need to be skilled for it, and it isnt simple.
but WP is a 'one click change', u cant do whatever u want, but you can do by one click the thing you are able to.
GL

I am 100% in favor of wordpress base website as compare to html website. Wordpress website do 80% of SEO work on its own. If you go for custom website design and development that has some built-in features as in wordpress like category, tags, pages, tag could etc it may cost you 1000s of $ in addition to a lot more time. It is also easy to modify design without compromising data lost etc

Wordpress all the way ! 100% customizable!
Your customer will be independent !

Go to Wordpress, for precisely the same reasons stated in its response. I'm not as proficient with Wordpress as it probably is. In fact, I am recommending Wordpress so that from the perspective of a rookie. I registered so that if and seemed a bit overwhelming at first. This is because there are many things you can do it.

There are plenty of free themes to choose and customize different elements of the theme you choose is easy to use interface Wordpress. If you want to be very detailed customization, you can even go so far as to edit the theme's CSS. There are plugins and widgets that can be used as well. You can actually build a course around the site with static pages using Wordpress.

Wordpress allow you to customize your website without any HTML knowledge.

Si if you got some HTML knowledge you can use Wordpress.

Personally, i prefer wordpress, because it's a really big time saver

But it's my personal opinion.

Sincerely,
David

It depends on quantity of content, how often the content is updated, and if there is a blog. If the site is going to grow and the content is updated fairly regularly, I think WP is the way to go.

I do not believe the search engines prefer one over another. If the same site was built in both structures, I would bet they would be ranked identically; IMHO.

HTML best for static (almost static) web content like company profile.
Wordpress best for dynamic content like news, blog.

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Wordpress websites can easily make and upgrade while html website is difficult to build and manage. I think if you want strong SEO than you should prefer html.

I've always liked straight up HTML best, but then again, I thought that Wordpress was just a blogger platform, like Blogger but less restrictions in some things and more restrictions in other things.

Where can I go to get a run down of what Wordpress is capable of?

When working with HTML, what I've always liked to do is use real time HTML sites online. Just type that into the search engine and you should be able to find a few.

I think the better question would have been:

HTML/CSS/PHP or Wordpress.

Then the hand programed one, if you have dreamweaver or some other program, the content is just as easy to change. Same with site design changed. The plugins for wordpress, do make features quicker to add though.

WordPress is without a doubt better if you don't know HTML.

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More or less both are best depending upon our need !!
Wordpress are easier and more effective as there are plenty of plugins which can used and modified what u need..

WP is the best and easier a lot and majority sites are made on WP.

Personally, I much prefer HTML to WP. Firstly, HTML gives you far more control over the web-page, and you can edit any element of the site, layout and design as you see fit. Also, if you start with a template site for HTML, you can just modify that to suit your needs, and it cuts out a lot of the needless work of actually setting up the basic elements of the page.

However, without a doubt WP is much easier to use, and more accessible to people with no or little prior knowledge of HTML. It's also lower maintenance, and can be added to easily.

In the end, it comes down to what you want from your site, how much HTML knowledge you have, and how much time you are willing to put into it.

HTML gives you more control, in particular when it comes to SEO, but it can be more time consuming to manage.

IMHO, there are few instances where Wordpress would not serve a better purpose than pure HTML. If you're going to build a site, it must be built with SEO in mind, interaction by the user, optimized graphics, forms to collect information, video, etc.
Wordpress makes that so much easier, as long as you don't upload some big, huge graphic or fill it with 47 plug-ins that slow it down to a crawl. Nothing is perfect. There will always be things the other one (HTML or WP) will do better. Choose one and stick with it, master it; I've done both. From that experience, I think starting with Wordpress is far easier. Good luck.

HTML is the sort of programming language
WordPress connects javascript, jquery, html, xhtml and any other things including PHP.

It all depends. Do you need to change the content regularly or add allot of functionality? If you just want something plain then go with HTML.

of course wordpress for me as the cleint can manage the content changes later

It think that WordPress is so ridiculously easy to get started that it's not even a battle.

I mean,

Choose Theme > Add Content > Install plugins for desired functionality. Done

It hardly gets any easier than that.

Always depends on your requirement.

Wordpress for me.

In these days wordpress is the great tool for making sites and blogs. I prefer the wordpress.

For small sites or novice users alway WP. For big sites, depends on the requirements.

But why do you ask this question ? If it is because you don't know Wordpress yet, I think you must install and try this out yourself (doesn't cost anything anyway) because you must know both technologies.

... best for what, that is the question.

If it is a small static site, you can get away with an "old school" straight HTML site, but if you need something more dynamic you'll have to look at PHP and, eventually, a CMS.

Also of course depends on your proficiency with HTML, code, etc. For most people, a CMS like WordPress would probably serve their needs well.

I'm not knocking plain HTML sites, mind you, they have their place. One of my oldest websites have been running happily for something like 12 years as a HTML site.

One upside of plain HTML sites is that they are immune to any database issues on your server ...

if you have skill on html and your website is static, you can use html.

but i if you dont have any skill on html or your site is change frequently, i suggest you use wordpress. but i prefer use wordpress, because it easy to use and you can develop your site quickly.

I think, it depends on your needs.
For example, if you need a static website such as company profile, you should use HTML. But if you need a dinamis website, you should use CMS like wordpress.

for what it is worth
I prefer to use solid HTML
I find it more fun

Wordpress however helps greatly with SEO

Also if you are making sites for clients most of the want a CMS system

This isn't an easy question to answer in that it ultimately will depend on your individual needs, but I truely believe that a customized WordPress website can offer up a lot of great advantages and at a much lower cost.

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So, you are a entrepreneur. You know you need clients, income and products or services to provide. Once the specifics of that to-do list are decided out, not too far behind needs to be the generation of a web page for your new company.

If this is certainly not on your mouth this year then you may as well not start your company (in my respectful opinion). It odds if you are a designer, insurance sales rep, artisan, photographer or CPA - you MUST have a web page that is readily available, simple to get around and one that completely features your company attractions and individuality.

Now comes the hard part - should you pay the money to create your site on HTML webpages or use the WordPress platform?

This is certainly not an simple concern to response in that it eventually is determined by your personal needs, but I strongly believe that a personalized WordPress web page can provide up a lot of benefits and at a much cheaper.

Mostly people like "Wordpress" , Because
Enhanced SEO
Ease of Use
SPAM Cover
Plugins

And many more features ...

I think wordpress websites are more preferable because Matt Cutts himself has preferred them numerous times

I'd say WordPress all the time.

Running WordPress on Varnish + Nginx + PHP-FPM + APC can pretty much get you the performance like that of a static HTML-site.

I think Wp is best for main site, but html pages to link to sales pages and squeeze pages or any other page that you want to look totally different from your main wp site.

That's a trick question.

WordPress websites generate HTML. WordPress is the engine behind the website. I can take a "normal" HTML website and turn it into a WordPress template that WordPress will use to generate a website that is exactly the same.

Except speed.

WordPress powered websites take a little longer to serve than a website that serves up plain HTML pages. However, with a decent server, this speed difference is not noticeable.

I think the advantages that WordPress provides far outweighs that minor (and usually) unnoticeable set back.

Hello..
it will depend on your individual needs, but I believe that a WordPress website can offer up a lot of great advantages and at a much lower cost...

First you need to understand that Web design is more than just HTML. You also need to know javaScript and CSS and how all of these act in each browser by version. Using Wordpress you don't need to worry about these as much since the developers should be using a common technique to drive the data to the browser.

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actually Wordpress is a Content Management System, it is still HTML.

the only difference of a static site (which is you say HTML websites) to dynamic-content site (Wordpress site) is that the content can be updated without the help or intervention of a web developer through the cms of the site..

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WordPress is the best. The main reason is WordPress websites are user friendly and SEO friendly. HTML websites are programmer friendly and SEO friendly.

According to me Wordpress is the best way to organize pages of websites and if we are using HTML only then its a very time consuming process. Wordpress is wonderful CMS for developing websites with better functionality and in a very short time.