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Why use wordpress at all? Just create a static webpage at this point.
by misterkola 8y ago
Why use wordpress at all? Just create a static webpage at this point.
- giancarlostoro 8y agoTechnically you could create a static webpage from the WordPress one.
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y agoNot only you can, but in many (if not most) cases you should - because of performance and security benefits. The drawback is your site will no longer use the built-in WP search functions, but there are ways around that.
- theandrewbailey 8y agoCouldn't you put WP behind a reverse proxy and cache the hell out of it?
- ryanf323 8y agoWe cache the hell out of our WP marketing site. Cloudfront > Varnish > Apache > OPCache > MySQL Query Cache. It feels fast to visitors. People in the admin area still suffer.
- slig 8y agoWordPress themes are notoriously bloated and 1/4 of the web is powered by WP.
- firasd 8y agoAs a developer I'm not too happy about the trend I've seen in the past couple years of 'monolithic' WordPress themes with tons of JS and other code, because making even simple changes to them can get extremely complicated. I think they caught on for two reasons (1) they often have interactive 'builders' that come with widgets you can drag and drop (contact forms, slideshows, etc.) and (2) The whole design trend of things that change as you scroll--'parallax' elements and dynamically-resizing headers, etc.
- nicbou 8y agoI've always made my own themes, and even those can be fairly slow without the standard caching plugins. Optimizing Craft CMS sites was a breeze by comparison.
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- cookies_n_milk 8y agoMeh. Mostly just a solid platform for less-technical users.