Migration from Wordpress to Jekyll

I migrated this site that you are reading from Wordpress to Jekyll recently. In the last couple of months, I encountered many issues with Wordpress that prompted me to look for better alternatives. Some of the issues I faced with Wordpress: Wordpress plugins breaking on me during upgrade Lack of documentation or incompatibilities between plugins Themes not properly working with certain plugins I experienced slow load time1 Difficulty to keep my local setup consistent with my production setup Honestly, the issues I faced with Wordpress can be resolved given sufficient time and budget. However, I felt that static site generators are more appropriate for my use case and there was no need for powerful cms like Wordpress. ...

July 23, 2022 · 257 words · Vivek Akupatni

My First Blog Post

This is my first blog post. After going back-and forth between different choices for building websites, I choose WordPress. My plan is to write at least one post per month about new stuff that I learn and find interesting.

September 21, 2021 · 39 words · Vivek Akupatni