Why I Left WordPress After 20 Years for a Static Markdown Blog
By
Yusuf Aytas
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Summary
The author describes moving their personal website from SiteGround to Bluehost for cost reasons, and then explains their broader decision to abandon WordPress after nearly two decades. They switched to a static, markdown-first blog to gain full ownership, better searchability, and archive control, trading away the convenience of a platform like WordPress for more autonomy and simplicity.
Key quotes
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I do not need elite infrastructure for a blog. But I also do not want emails from updown.io telling me the site is down.
trading platform convenience for ownership, searchability, and archive control
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