• sugar_in_your_tea
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      5 months ago

      What are you trying to achieve?

      • static site like a blog? - Hugo
      • add comments? - Commento paid, or you can self-host
      • cloud stuff (e.g. Google Drive replacement) - NextCloud

      There’s a ton you can do, you don’t need WordPress just because you want a website. Figure out what you want your website to do, then look for tools to do that.

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      5 months ago

      If you want to add something to your website then you’re already running WordPress, no?

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        5 months ago

        No, I haven’t added nothing. I was going code a basic html 5 page but I wanted a blog like atmosphere, since the website is all about my writing.

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      5 months ago

      If you want a mostly straightforward WordPress-alike that’s not WordPress, you probably should at least consider Ghost. I’m using it for my blog and it’s got a slightly weird focus on “paid blog members”, but it’s super solid and doesn’t have a multi-decade history of endless security problems.

      And, soon, it’ll be a happy member of the Fediverse.