Why I Switched from WordPress to Hugo

I used WordPress for years before switching to Hugo. Static HTML, no database, no plugins, 100/100 Lighthouse. Here is why I am not going back.
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I used WordPress for years before switching to Hugo. Static HTML, no database, no plugins, 100/100 Lighthouse. Here is why I am not going back.

How to add search to a Hugo static site with Pagefind. No backend, no JSON templates, no pain. Just one build command and twenty lines of code.

Nginx Proxy Manager stopped renewing SSL certs. Switched to Traefik as Docker reverse proxy - wildcard Let's Encrypt, zero web UI, way less painful.

Every wallpaper site promises high-res downloads. Most of them lie. Wallhaven, Unsplash, Reddit — here are the sources that actually deliver quality.

I used Claude Code CLI to rice my Hyprland desktop — Waybar, dotfiles, keybindings, the whole thing. Turns out AI makes configuring Linux way less painful.

Why I run Hugo in a Docker container instead of installing it bare metal — cleaner builds, no version conflicts, and a dev workflow that just works.