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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What are alternatives of WordPress if I wanted to add something to my website?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Just a side note, Commento is kinda dead on the self-hosting front at least as it's been years since an update, which is probably not great for a public service.

However, Comentario is a updated fork that's being maintained.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I’ve used https://getgrav.org for a while and it’s been pretty solid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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.