[ppseafield]

I'll second the sibling poster here by saying anything useful you want to do with WordPress will probably have a non-negligible cost, and usually a subscription. WooCommerce for instance requires a subscription to add a minimum quantity to a product! I volunteer for a non-profit that uses it, and it's absolutely insane how many plugins will give you a little for free but charge $5/month or $50/year for just slightly more features.

[withinboredom]

About a decade ago, there was a huge kerfluffle about making the plugin directory include pricing and payments (like an app store). Matt was hugely against it. I think they did themselves a huge disservice. Pricing is opaque until you install the plugin, often requiring you to go "off site" to install the paid version (or it silently uses a different plugin repository). Lastly, there is no quality control or even ensuring that best/ethical practices are being followed.

So, you end up with this scummy feeling every time you install a plugin and discover its pricing.

[dgacmu]

If you were to guide them today, what would you set them up that's not WP that gives functionality similar to wp+woo?

(asking for someone who has a site using wp+woo. I don't plan to switch us - the switching cost is too high to be worth it - but I do want to have something in my pocket for the future.)

[righthand]

I would point you at headless cms software like ContentStack or Payload which are easy as pie to use and integrate with a react frontend.

[matfrana]

Or React Bricks

[dgacmu]

Thank you!

[ppseafield]

Shopify actually might be appropriate for many of their use cases.