I am in the middle of designing a website which will be built on Laravel and include a blogging module.
At the moment I am trying to decide if I should either:
1) Install WordPress in a sub directory and handle the blogging through WP.
2) Write the code from scratch so the blogging module is purely built on Laravel.
I am aware that there may be other alternatives, and if any of you have had experience with them please point me in their direction.
If I were to opt for option 2. What would be some important considerations I should factor in before going ahead?
EDIT
By important considerations i mean this:
I am not overly bothered about time to implement. What I want to know is why would you choose a WordPress blog over a custom built blog from the customers point of view and SEO point of view. What does WordPress add to blog posts for example that I wouldn’t be able to do quite simply my self?
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Personally, I’d probably go with option #1 purely to save time, UNLESS:
Alternatively, I’m sure there’s some pre-built Laravel blog modules out there somewhere if you decided to go with option #2.
If you need a deep integration of the blog into your project, I think it’s better to choose a Laravel solution, leaving WordPress.
There are some well-made modules for blogging, for example Blogify, just search on the internet. Or buid it from your own.