Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
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Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#2There are lots of WordPress maintenance services [1] out there, but they're quite expensive. We remove the maintenance/upgrade problem altogether staticizing your WordPress sites and putting them on a CDN. The real WordPress installation lives on a separate domain and only runs when an editor needs to make some changes to the content. And it's totally seamless for visitors and your editors.
[1]: https://underconstructionpage.com/wordpress-maintenance-serv...
Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#3Just a curiosity, which CDN are you using?
Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#4Just a curiosity, which CDN are you using?
BunnyCDN [1], they're one of the few CDN with one-click SSL setup and instant cache purge
Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#5I wonder if it could really work as advertized... how many problems could be found making a static website, even on a medium size WP? And what about dynamic content such as comments, search, filters or other specific plugins?
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#6I wonder if it could really work as advertized... how many problems could be found making a static website, even on a medium size WP? And what about dynamic content such as comments, search, filters or other specific plugins?
That's an great question. Most WordPress websites are just "brochure websites": they don't expose anything dynamic to their visitors excluding comments, contact forms and search functionality. We already handle these scenarios out-of-the box. Also, every plugin you use that does not have any front-facing components, it's perfectly fine. It's not a hosting solution for every possible WordPress website out there, but it can handle a huge slice of the market, with big benefits for agencies/freelances.
Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#7There are lots of WordPress maintenance services [1] out there, but they're quite expensive. We remove the maintenance/upgrade problem altogether staticizing your WordPress sites and putting them on a CDN. The real WordPress installation lives on a separate domain and only runs when an editor needs to make some changes to the content. And it's totally seamless for visitors and your editors. [1]: https://underconstruc…
Brilliant idea. I'm really surprised there aren't more services like this as it seems such a logical idea that the admin/editor functionality of your site should be completely locked down and separate to the site serving the content. When making static sites, I've been looking for something with the flexibility of WordPress but there really isn't much out there. Good luck!
Do you allow custom plugins and templates? For the static generation part, how do you stop sites being too big or computationally expensive to generate?
Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#8There are lots of WordPress maintenance services [1] out there, but they're quite expensive. We remove the maintenance/upgrade problem altogether staticizing your WordPress sites and putting them on a CDN. The real WordPress installation lives on a separate domain and only runs when an editor needs to make some changes to the content. And it's totally seamless for visitors and your editors. [1]: https://underconstruc…
Brilliant idea. I'm really surprised there aren't more services like this as it seems such a logical idea that the admin/editor functionality of your site should be completely locked down and separate to the site serving the content. When making static sites, I've been looking for something with the flexibility of WordPress but there really isn't much out there. Good luck! Do you allow custom plugins and templates? F…
Thanks! As long as plugins don't have any front-facing dynamic components, you're good to go! Templates are freely editable just like regular hosting services. For the static generation, it's really fast also for medium-sized Worpress sites. We are also trying make the process differential (partially, at least) :)
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#9Having supported (from an infra/ops point of view) several places that insisted on using Wordpress, I don't understand why Varnish in front of isn't the standard 'recommended' way of hosting it.
1: it isn't going to matter. When the WP PHP is doing 30 different SQL queries just to load the front page of the site, your web server is no longer the bottleneck, even if it's Pre-Fork Apache with mod_php.
Re: Show HN: HardyPress, zero-maintenance, “static” Wordpress hosting service
#10Having supported (from an infra/ops point of view) several places that insisted on using Wordpress, I don't understand why Varnish in front of isn't the standard 'recommended' way of hosting it. 1: it isn't going to matter. When the WP PHP is doing 30 different SQL queries just to load the front page of the site, your web server is no longer the bottleneck, even if it's Pre-Fork Apache with mod_php.
Using Varnishis a huge boost in performance for sure, but it doesn't solve vulnerability and maintenance problems