Embracing Static Site Generation: WordPress to Hugo Migration

This is it! I finally migrated my blog to Hugo! Static Site Generation? After close to a decade of running WordPress and months of procrastination, I finally took the decision to join the cool kids and drink the static website kool aid. There are numerous benefits with this approach: I no longer need to rent a dedicated server. So long Kimsufi, it’s been great! Attack surface is much smaller, if not nonexistent I can use Markdown to write posts and stop fighting Gutenberg No need to worry about backups, WordPress and PHP upgrades Hosting is free GTmetrix performance is 100% Selecting a Static Site Generator There is no shortage of static site generators these days....

January 23, 2023 · 4 min · Adrien Poupa