319 - Thinking the unthinkable (TTUT). Episode 4: Do we even need WordPress?

March 23, 2023 00:40:35
319 - Thinking the unthinkable (TTUT). Episode 4: Do we even need WordPress?
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319 - Thinking the unthinkable (TTUT). Episode 4: Do we even need WordPress?

Mar 23 2023 | 00:40:35

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Show Notes

This seems a little odd, 'Do we even need WordPress', given that we're a WordPress podcast. But, there's actually quite a lot to be said here. Both David and I have been using WordPress for years (David, quite a bit longer), and perhaps it's time to think about whether WordPress is always the right choice for our website building projects. If the site is a simple brochure site that's really never going to get updates, is WordPress really the right option? After all, you'll be needing to maintain the website, patch for security, update themes and plugins, when all that you really needed were a few lines of HTML, CSS as perhaps some JavaScript. David's been exploring taking his sites more in the 'static' direction lately, and whilst you can do this with WordPress and some plugins, David's finding the joys of writing his own HTML and getting back into what the w3c have to say. It's a fun chat and something that you might not have looked at closely, so go and have a listen and leave us a comment.

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