More WordPress Thoughts

For a few days I ran ClassicPress rather than WordPress and it ran fine. I noticed that sliding between WordPress and ClassicPress is not as simple as it used to be. Now we need to find the build URL and I couldn't find documentation about what the Build URL is.

Having said this I was reminded of why I have been with WordPress for 20 years. The answer is "When I break something I can fix it within seconds, or minutes, with little effort or concern. I couldn't use an automated tool to re-install WordPress so I just re-uploaded the latest of WordPress, reconnected the database and voila, the site is back up and running as if I hadn't broken things by fiddling around.

Easy to Dump WordPress

When I read Content Fighting Systems I noticed that the writer wrote that it's hard to move away from WordPress but it isn't. It' actually easy. I was able to migrate my blog to Eleventy(11ty) and Hugo with ease. Moving from WordPress to classic press is easy too. ClassicPress is the easiest option for those with less experience of migrating from a CMS to a static site generator, because it's WordPress minus Gutenburg.

WP-Engine and WordPress.com

While WordPress.com has a free tier, WP-Engine does not seem to. If you look at both they are expensive compared to "self-hosting" solutions. With WordPress.com you have a free blog but it is hobbled. With WP-Engine you need to spend twenty dollars per month, just to get started. That's expensive for a personal blog.

Forking is Beautiful

A key thing to remember is that WordPress is part of Free and Open Software and that forking is an option. Having said this, as someone said in a podcast, by moving away from WordPress we may complicate our lives, without WP-Engine or WordPress feeling a thing.

And Finally

Gutenburg and React bother me a lot more. Both have made the site slower to work on. That a hosting solution and WordPress fight doesn't change much, experience wise. That React and Gutenburg affect my user experience do. I would like WordPress to become lighter and less resource heavy. That's why my site is a static site and a WordPress blog.