Ask HN: Which blogging platform do you use?

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Post by vithalreddy » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 10:43 AM UTC

Currently, I use wordpress but it is very slow, I was looking for alternative, one is ghost. I don't want to use dynamic blogging platforms, Is there a way to produce static site from wordpress or Ghost or any other better solution?

Re: Ask HN: Which blogging platform do you use?

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Post by cuu508 » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 10:46 AM UTC

> Is there a way to produce static site from wordpress or Ghost or any other better solution?

For Wordpress there is the Simply Static plugin, and I think similar others.

There is also a productized version of the "Wordpress to a static site" idea - https://hardypress.com/ I'm using it and no complaints.

Re: Ask HN: Which blogging platform do you use?

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Post by Gargol » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 11:04 AM UTC

> Is there a way to produce static site from wordpress or Ghost or any other better solution?

Ghost supports a wide range of static site generators out of the box. Check out "Frontend Frameworks" - https://ghost.org/docs/api/v3/ where you can select from Next.js, Gatsby and many more ;)

Re: Ask HN: Which blogging platform do you use?

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Post by illuminea » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 1:37 PM UTC

Gargol wrote: post #3

> Is there a way to produce static site from wordpress or Ghost or any other better solution? Ghost supports a wide range of static site generators out of the box. Check out "Frontend Frameworks" - https://ghost.org/docs/api/v3/ where you can select from Next.js, Gatsby and many more ;)

There are a number of ways you can create static from wordPress. You can check out https://www.strattic.com as one example. Strattic hosts your original WP site in a container that shuts down when you are not editing your site, and publishes a completely static version of your site in one click. [disclosure: I'm the co-founder and CEO]

Re: Ask HN: Which blogging platform do you use?

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Post by vithalreddy » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 5:28 AM UTC

illuminea wrote: post #4

Gargol wrote: post #3

> Is there a way to produce static site from wordpress or Ghost or any other better solution? Ghost supports a wide range of static site generators out of the box. Check out "Frontend Frameworks" - https://ghost.org/docs/api/v3/ where you can select from Next.js, Gatsby and many more ;)

There are a number of ways you can create static from wordPress. You can check out https://www.strattic.com as one example. Strattic hosts your original WP site in a container that shuts down when you are not editing your site, and publishes a completely static version of your site in one click. [disclosure: I'm the co-founder and CEO]

Looks awesome, can i get a beta invite?