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Because it is safer. With Wordpress and other execution environments your attack vectors will increase. Why would I use Wordpress if all I need are some static
by VvR-Ox 7y ago
Because it is safer. With Wordpress and other execution environments your attack vectors will increase.
Why would I use Wordpress if all I need are some static sites and maybe a form?
I would rather use a form handler that processes data that comes from the form and let the other sites be what they are: static sites. So my question in this case is: Why Wordpress?
For me less is more sometimes and I can sleep better when I don't need to watch WP and it's plugins to be updated before the next malicious actor decides to attack half of the internet with an PHP exploit. Of course there is auto-updates for WP itself nowadays but the basic problem is still the same. You use a dynamic programming language though you probably don't need one.
I am also not an advocate of custom markup because I think we already have more than enough flavors now.
- akho 7y agoThat is an argument for static sites — which I fully agree with. I do not understand this particular pre-packaged approach. These things are trivial to build in a site-specific way, and you do not need to sacrifice quite as much flexibility to do it.
- jlg23 7y agoThere are lots of users with advanced IT skills but still no programming experience, they now have one more tool to choose from....
- VvR-Ox 7y agoI think "pre-packaged" approaches like this (or hugo, gatsby etc.) try to solve a very specific purpose. As I see it from a quick glance this one is for people who want to publish math/science work and therefor it supports rendering LaTex. I read about people building shops with SSG's and I myself use hugo for many tasks. Sure I could still do it manually but I prefer writing content in markdown and SSG's like hugo because I am way faster and don't tend to forget something. When I build the site then everything is included and I am ready to deploy. SSG's work with neat little plugins to ease your work with SEO, links and whatnot and while I didn't understand this in the first place I sure did when I finished my first project with hugo. Just give it a shot and tell us why you still don't need an SSG but rather stick to coding everything yourself. I will never look back and I enjoy working with SSG's.