Is Laravel better than WordPress?

Neither is better universally. They solve different problems. WordPress is a content management system that ships with publishing, taxonomy, comments, themes, and a plugin ecosystem out of the box, so it shines when the product is content. Laravel is a web application framework that ships with auth, routing, ORM, queues, and the structural pieces of a custom application, so it shines when the product is application logic. Using WordPress for a custom application typically ends in plugin sprawl, performance problems, and a maintenance burden. Using Laravel for a basic content site is overkill that costs more for less polish on the content side.