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Recently I tried to give Wordpress a chance, to help a friend setup his company’s website. I ended up using a static website generator. WP has been such awful
by bromuro 2y ago
Recently I tried to give Wordpress a chance, to help a friend setup his company’s website. I ended up using a static website generator.
WP has been such awful experience - why is this tool still popular ?
- ms7892 2y agoI can totally relate to your frustration. I recently tried using WordPress to set up a company website for me, and it was honestly a pretty awful experience. Between the constant need for plugins, slow loading times, and dealing with themes that didn’t quite work out of the box, I felt like I was spending more time fixing things than actually building the site. In the end, I gave up and switched to a static site via simple html, bootstrap and js similar to your case, which was way smoother. Sure, WordPress has a massive ecosystem and is flexible, but when the core experience is this clunky, especially for someone who just wants to get content out there or set up a simple site, it really makes you question whether it’s still worth it. Given the recent issues like the ACF plugin dispute, I’m definitely leaning towards alternatives that are more lightweight and give me more control without the bloat. Anyone else finding WordPress more of a hassle than a help these days?
- bromuro 2y agoI also proposed using Bootstrap with https://www.11ty.dev https://www.11ty.dev for the templates. It's much easier to update a JSON file than to work with WordPress. By using relative paths for assets and loading Bootstrap from a CDN, I can zip the website and share it via email.