Why Hugo?
The decision to switch from WordPress to a static website engine like Hugo was easy.
- Once, my provider complained about the version of PHP and wanted to charge me extra for running an older PHP version.
- Furthermore, a modern and beautiful WordPress site requires a lot of time.
- Another time, the My SQL database had problems, and I lost my settings and content.
- During the years, I got a lot of attack attempts from all over the world. E.g., the Kali Linux distribution contains a free, open-source vulnerability scanner for WordPress (wpscan).
- At least run such a system; you need more diligence on the European GDPR.
In conclusion, you need a lot of time for administration and extra knowledge to run WordPress. I grew up as a software developer developing web-based information systems and found running WordPress too complicated for my use cases.
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