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Yeah I run wp2static on clients, cancel the hosting then push the files to vercel/cloudflare pages/github pages. A PHP version is vulnerable. If you upgrade it
by theyknowitsxmas 2y ago
Yeah I run wp2static on clients, cancel the hosting then push the files to vercel/cloudflare pages/github pages.
A PHP version is vulnerable. If you upgrade it, some plugin breaks. If you manually upgrade the offending plugin, the pesky developer now wants a subscription. Just a nono. I build on Hugo.
- anonzzzies 2y agoMany (some very large) companies would not allow that route; their marketing team is trained on wp and they specifically implemented it (in the EU this is per country generally) to sidestep the head office enterprise cms that is unusable and takes days of workflow steps to get anything published; they want more dynamic, not less and they want less techy not more.
- theyknowitsxmas 2y agoWhy? Hugo is Markdown, child's play. You can use GitHub as a CMS.
- anonzzzies 2y agoYes, I know, I use it too. But github is hardly usable by non technical users , nor is markdown. We are talking about marketing deps of billion$ companies.
- joenot443 2y agoI think your question answers itself if you look from the perspective of a non-technical marketing person who's used to WYSIWYG tools, rather than a programmer who's reading a site called Hacker News.
- vundercind 2y ago“I need to add an image gallery” “I need to add and edit multistep forms that send an email to me” “I need to change one of our social media links” That can be mostly or entirely self-serve for marketing folks on Wordpress, with all the work happening in their browser. Plus tons of other stuff.
- stvltvs 2y agoThere are other plugins that generate static sites. Not sure if they would work for your use case, but worth looking into if you haven't.
- theyknowitsxmas 2y agoMust clarify: not wp2static, but a random plugin breaking on php upgrade, sometimes requiring a subscription in new versions.