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Most users of WordPress would be better served by a static site generator system. Unfortunately, it seems most of these are very much "by developers, for develo

by sidlls 4y ago

Most users of WordPress would be better served by a static site generator system. Unfortunately, it seems most of these are very much "by developers, for developers" in flavor. They're overly complicated and insufficiently developed in the front-end to be useful to most of WordPress' current target market (e.g., businesses with a need to present mostly static content, but with the ability to make changes and deploy/publish them without too much technical know-how required).

sofixa 4y ago
WordPress can be used as a static site generator via the Simply Statuc plugin. It needs some thought into the design ( which plugins won't work because it isn't dynamic anymore), but it's a decent way of having the UX for non-developers/other very technical folk while having the security, stability, deployability and maintainability of static hosting.
- stefanos82 4y ago
  You do realize that this whole concept is an overkill, don't you? Just think about it: you need to have installed PHP, MySQL / MariaDB, and a plugin to generate static content, whereas with a SSG that exists you go straight to the phase of generating your content. Personally I plan to use Hugo for tiny to small websites that get updated once in a blue moon and for more complicated websites, I have many options to choose from; for sure WordPress is not one of them and that's a fact!
  - sofixa 4y ago
    Of course it's overkill, but i prefer that than to "force" marketing and adjacent people to learn Markdown and maybe even HTML/CSS ( at least the basics). My own website is built with Hugo, but based on my experience building WordPress websites and helping friends "using" them with basic HTML/CSS tips i wouldn't recommend that for everyone.
    - stefanos82 4y ago
      You don't have to force anyone. For instance, an example would be https://github.com/julianoappelklein/hokus https://github.com/julianoappelklein/hokus which is a CMS front-end for Hugo.
      - sofixa 4y ago
        Looks very cool, but is simultaneously in alpha and abandoned ( last commit 2020), so not really an option.
tbyehl 4y ago
What's old is new again? Before WordPress started to eat everything, Blogger, Movable Type, and other popular publishing platforms were all static site generators. Dynamic platforms were too complicated and resource intensive for the masses.

by sidlls 4y ago

sofixa 4y ago

WordPress can be used as a static site generator via the Simply Statuc plugin. It needs some thought into the design ( which plugins won't work because it isn't dynamic anymore), but it's a decent way of having the UX for non-developers/other very technical folk while having the security, stability, deployability and maintainability of static hosting.

stefanos82 4y ago
You do realize that this whole concept is an overkill, don't you? Just think about it: you need to have installed PHP, MySQL / MariaDB, and a plugin to generate static content, whereas with a SSG that exists you go straight to the phase of generating your content. Personally I plan to use Hugo for tiny to small websites that get updated once in a blue moon and for more complicated websites, I have many options to choose from; for sure WordPress is not one of them and that's a fact!
- sofixa 4y ago
  Of course it's overkill, but i prefer that than to "force" marketing and adjacent people to learn Markdown and maybe even HTML/CSS ( at least the basics). My own website is built with Hugo, but based on my experience building WordPress websites and helping friends "using" them with basic HTML/CSS tips i wouldn't recommend that for everyone.
  - stefanos82 4y ago
    You don't have to force anyone. For instance, an example would be https://github.com/julianoappelklein/hokus https://github.com/julianoappelklein/hokus which is a CMS front-end for Hugo.
    - sofixa 4y ago
      Looks very cool, but is simultaneously in alpha and abandoned ( last commit 2020), so not really an option.

tbyehl 4y ago

What's old is new again? Before WordPress started to eat everything, Blogger, Movable Type, and other popular publishing platforms were all static site generators. Dynamic platforms were too complicated and resource intensive for the masses.