Migrating from WordPress to Jekyll: A Practical Guide to Static Site Generators
By
rgrieselhuber
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The article details a migration from WordPress to Jekyll, a static site generator, explaining the motivations behind the switch including preference, speed, and ease of making changes. It discusses the broader context of static site generators in today's web development landscape, noting their advantages in security, performance, and compatibility with modern workflows involving AI and markdown. The author contrasts WordPress's security vulnerabilities with the benefits of static sites while acknowledging that static generators aren't suitable for everyone.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledwe just completed a migration from WordPress to Jekyll
basically came down to preference, speed, and ability to make changes easily
Frameworks like Jekyll (or Astro) aren't for everybody, although they make a lot more sense in the general environment of AI proliferation, markdown becoming the lingua franca of LLMs
Everybody knows how insecure WordPress can be, although this is largely mitigated by working with a reputable host
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