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Could anyone make a list of free-alternatives? Tiresome seeing every little idea turning into a 5 USD a month SaaS-startup.
The market will make sure that those ideas which are valuable solutions to problems people have will survive (if priced correctly). This means that problem solvers are compensated for their work so they can keep iterating. I don't really understand what your objection could be!
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Free alternative: Host WP yourself? Use a different static site generator? Come on, this clearly isn't yet-another-static-site generator for hackers but a commercial product for people who still use Wordpress, but not so foolish/desperate/cheap that they don't realise the security implications.
There are a couple of free plugins to make WP sites static, using various methods. So yes, use a plugin and you can get an HTML copy of your WP site with caveats that should make sense, and you can then host the html anywhere... there are 2-3 plugins that I saw, but I don't run a WP site so I can't comment on each. This product looks like it'll do ops and stuff for you, so there may still be value if it just works.
Are comments integrated in this system?
Just posted to PH as well - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/hardypress
Congrats on the launch! Love the idea of speeding up WP sites via static pages. Do we need to transfer our domain to you as well or just the Wordpress installation? Just posted to PH as well - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/hardypress
We were thinking of postponing the launch on PH when the new version of the site is ready, but that's okay :-)
You don't need to transfer the domain to us (we are not registrar), you just need to set a CNAME when your site on HardyPress is production ready
I'm learning how to then put the static site on a CDN. Are there tools for that, or I would be using just FTP. Thanks.
Is anyone using it and can comment on stability and potential issues?
Moreover the support is just perfect. I needed a Multisite feature and they've added it in no time.
This looks exciting. As much as I dislike WordPress, it's here to stay and clients ask for it by name. This sounds like a nice compromise for those that want a GUI to make content changes but also want the security and performance advantages of a static site.
It's a nice idea for novices, but there are WordPress plugins that can create static sites from WordPress installations.
I build a lot of Wordpress sites of all types of complexity, including sites that could benefit from being static. My main reasons for likely not using your service would be: You become my new hosting company and that worries me. But more importantly, these 3 selling points "Support for Contact Forms 7", "Instant search out of the box", "Keep using plugins". I now have to vet plugins myself and guess if they are goin…
I found the HardyPress approach a godsend. Finally a really fast hosting without the caching overhead.
And with Wordpress moving to the Gutenberg editor ie. enabling component based design and development this new combo will be a game changer.
For most of us the Wordpress backend is good enough. If the design / dev process and hosting is brought to the latest standards then we will have a modern framework which already runs 30% of websites today.