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> I use and am in favor of Wordpress. However, I’m also in favor of making static site generators easier to use for more people.

Amen, and I think this is the thread creator's point — WordPress doesn't have to "lose" for Hugo to "win", and it's pointless to pick a fight with a wildly different solution that solves a different set of use cases.



Pretty close, yes -- and I agree in both cases.

The thing that bugs me about more or less any article about why static sites are better/easier/simpler is that they all depend on writing off WP as sort of a straw man.

I have been playing with Publii again after being nudged towards it by a HN comment, and I think it might be a useful middle ground:

https://getpublii.com/

It's far from perfect but it's kind of cute and fun to use, and definitely easier and more approachable than Hugo.




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