Cleanings, crowns, root canals, implants, aligners, whitening, emergencies and whatever else you offer, each on its own page with an FAQ block and the booking request.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
WordPress vs GetDentalWebsite
WordPress or a managed website for a dental practice?
The short answer
WordPress is open source software that can run almost any kind of website, and many dental sites use it. The trade-off is that a WordPress site needs hosting, a theme, plugins and regular updates, and someone has to own that work and the security that comes with it. If you have a trusted web person who maintains it, WordPress is a sound choice. If the site has been left to drift, with old plugins and slow pages, a managed static site takes the upkeep off the practice completely.
GetDentalWebsite at a glance
- Plans from$137 a month
- Build fee$797, after launch
- Live in7 to 15 days
- Speed target90+ PageSpeed
- Revisions5 a month
- ContractMonth to month
Where WordPress shines
WordPress is free to download, licensed under the GPL, and has a vast ecosystem of themes and plugins. It can do almost anything, and plenty of developers know it. For a practice with an in-house marketer or a long-term developer who keeps it updated, that flexibility is valuable.
Where dental WordPress sites usually struggle
The flexibility comes with moving parts. A typical practice site has a theme, a page builder, a forms plugin, an SEO plugin, a gallery and a few scripts, each updated on its own schedule. Skip updates and the site becomes a security risk; add too much and it slows down on phones. The practice rarely sees this until a patient mentions the page will not load. Our sites are static pages with no database or admin login, so there is nothing to patch and far less to slow down.
Side by side
WordPresscomparedwitha managed dental website
Twelve things that decide whether a practice website books patients and stays that way. Where we describe WordPress, we keep to what is generally true or what the provider documents.
| What matters | WordPress | GetDentalWebsite |
|---|---|---|
| Speed and Core Web Vitals | Can be fast with good hosting, caching and restraint; often slows as plugins and scripts pile up. | Static pages served from Cloudflare, targeting 90+ PageSpeed on every page, re-tested after each change. |
| SEO control | Very flexible, usually through an SEO plugin configured by someone. | We handle titles, headings, internal links, location pages and redirects for you, page by page. |
| Schema / JSON-LD | Available through plugins or custom code; quality varies with setup. | Organization, LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage and BreadcrumbList JSON-LD built in; Review markup only for real reviews. |
| AEO and GEO readiness | Achievable; depends entirely on how pages are written. | Answer-first copy, FAQ blocks, an llms.txt file and consistent practice details on every page. |
| Hosting and security | You choose and pay for hosting; core, theme and plugin updates are your responsibility. | Cloudflare hosting, SSL, daily backups, uptime monitoring and security headers included. No database or admin login to attack. |
| Maintenance burden | Ongoing: updates, backups, plugin conflicts and security monitoring. | None for the practice. Nobody logs in; we check speed, uptime and updates. |
| Who does the work | You, a staff member or a developer you hire. | We build and run it. You send changes; 5 revisions a month are done within 2 to 5 working days. |
| Content and blog | Excellent blogging tools; someone still has to write. | 2 researched articles a week (3 on Multi-Location), 2,500 to 3,200 words each, written for patients. |
| Design quality | Anything from a stock theme to a fully custom design. | Designed for your practice type with your photos and colors, then kept current every week. |
| Accessibility and compliance pages | Possible; depends on the theme and whoever builds it. | Privacy, terms, cookie consent that gates scripts, an accessibility statement and no health information in forms. |
| Cost model | Software is free; hosting, premium themes, plugins and developer time are paid separately. | One monthly fee from $137, plus a $797 build fee invoiced only after launch. AI usage at cost on the AI plans. |
| Lock-in and ownership | Open source; you can move hosts freely. | Your domain is in your name and your content is yours, with an export within 14 days if you leave. Month to month. |
Be honest
When WordPress is the better fit
- You have a developer or marketer who maintains WordPress and keeps it updated.
- You need a custom feature only a specific plugin provides.
- You want to edit every page yourself in a familiar admin.
Where we win
When a managed dental website is the better fit
- Nobody at the practice wants to think about plugins, updates or hosting again.
- Your current site is slow on phones and nobody knows why.
- You want one monthly fee instead of hosting, plugin and developer bills.
- You want changes made for you within a stated turnaround.
Live demo
Compare it on your own practice, not a table
A 30-minute walk-through of the site your practice would get, next to what you have today. Plans from $137 a month, build fee after launch.
Switch or combine
MovingfromWordPresswithoutlosingrankings
Most WordPress dental sites move cleanly if every URL is mapped first.
We crawl your current WordPress site and list every page and post.
Each old URL is mapped to its new page and redirected at launch.
Blog posts you want to keep are carried over; thin or outdated ones are merged or retired with a redirect.
Your domain and email stay where they are; only the website moves.
What you get
Whatamanageddentalwebsiteincludes,by plan
The parts of the package most often compared with a do-it-yourself option. The full list is on the features page.
The website
A page per office with hours, parking, team and map, plus pages for the neighborhoods and nearby towns your patients come from. Multi-Location adds a location hub.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
The carriers you accept, how billing works at your office, and your financing or membership options, in plain words.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
A short request form (reason for visit, carrier, preferred times) that is clearly a request your front desk confirms, with an automatic reply to the patient.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
Every request is pushed by API, Zapier or Make into your practice management system where it accepts external requests, and into your CRM in every case, with new patients tagged.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
Static pages served from Cloudflare, compressed photos and almost no JavaScript, re-tested after every change.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
Readable type sizes, color contrast and large tap targets for patients of every age, built with the WCAG guidelines in mind.
Single Operatory: includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
AI Engine
Answers calls the front desk cannot pick up, handles questions about hours, treatments, insurance and financing, and turns the call into a booking request. Calls are summarised into a PDF: who called, what they wanted, what needs a person.
Single Operatory: not includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
A chat on every page that answers practice questions from your own content and collects a booking request with the same fields as the form.
Single Operatory: not includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
Replies to texts, Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs around the clock and books requests. Anything clinical is handed to a person at the practice.
Single Operatory: not includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
We file the US carrier registration for business texting so replies and reminders are not filtered as spam.
Single Operatory: not includedFull Practice: includedMulti-Location: included
Content Engine
Social image posts and short reels in your brand, planned a month ahead and reviewed before they go out.
Single Operatory: not includedFull Practice: not includedMulti-Location: included
Hours, photos, weekly posts and question answers kept current on every profile, each linked to its own location page, plus a review request after the visit.
Single Operatory: not includedFull Practice: not includedMulti-Location: included
Reviews
Whatpracticesdescribeafter switching
We changed our Saturday hours, added a hygienist and swapped the new-patient offer, all in one week, without logging into anything. It was just done.
Priya RamanSamplePractice manager, Family dentistry, two locationsColumbus, OhioWeekly updates on the Full Practice plan Three locations, three sets of hours, three teams, and all of it stays right without anyone here touching a website. We email the change and it is live.
Lauren KesslerSampleOperations lead, Dental group, three locationsNaperville, IllinoisMulti-Location plan with location pages and managed Google Business Profiles We were nervous about moving the site after years on the old one. Every old page was mapped and redirected, and the emergency page finally reads well on a phone.
Hector VillanuevaSamplePractice owner, General and emergency dentistrySan Antonio, TexasRedesign with every old page redirected
Illustrative sample reviews. Names, practices and towns are placeholders that show the kind of outcome clients describe; verified client reviews replace them as practices launch.
Questions about WordPress and GetDentalWebsite
Is WordPress bad for a dental practice?
No. WordPress is capable and widely used. The question is whether someone will keep its hosting, theme and plugins updated and the site fast. If yes, it can serve a practice well.
Why are so many dental WordPress sites slow?
Usually because of accumulated plugins, page builders, large images and third-party scripts, often on shared hosting. None of that is WordPress's fault alone, but someone has to manage it.
Will we lose our blog posts if we leave WordPress?
No. We carry over the posts worth keeping and redirect every old URL, so links and rankings follow the content to the new site.
Can we still log in and edit pages ourselves?
There is no admin to log in to. You request changes from your client portal and we make them within the stated turnaround, with five revisions a month included.
Is a static site more secure than WordPress?
A static site has no database, no admin login and no plugins to exploit, so those routes of attack do not exist on it. It is still hosted with SSL, security headers and monitoring.
What happens to our WordPress hosting account?
Once the new site is live and redirects are working, you can cancel the old hosting. Keep your domain and email where they are; we point the domain at the new site.
Can the new site do everything our WordPress plugins did?
For a practice site, usually yes: forms, galleries, maps, reviews and FAQs are built in. Tell us about any unusual plugin on the demo call and we will say plainly whether it fits.
How much does moving cost?
The same as any new plan: from $137 a month, with the $797 build fee invoiced only after launch. The move and redirects are part of the build.
Sources
- WordPress.org: About WordPress (checked 2026-09-18)
WordPress is a trademark of its owner. GetDentalWebsite is not affiliated with or endorsed by the WordPress Foundation. Descriptions of other products are general or based on their public documentation on the date shown, and may change.
Next step
Seeyourpracticesitebefore you decide.
From $137 a month, live in 7 days, and nobody at the practice ever logs into anything.