wp2static

If you are stuck on wordpress, consider using a static export plugin like wp2static [1]. I have been playing around[2] with a setup where the normal WP UI is protected behind HTTP Basic Authentication, and wp2static exports the public snapshot [1] https://github.com/WP2Static/wp2static [2] https://github.com/jessopb/wp_d_rymcg

They have a product for that https://www.cloudflare.com/pg-lp/speed-up-wordpress-with-clo... It caches all pages on Cloudflare and only bypasses Cache on Cookies such as `wp-.|wordpress.|comment_.|wordpress_logged_.` which is used by /wp-admin/ are and when someone posts a comment. This turns your WP into static without doing anything special. Or you can write a custom cache rule for cookies using "Page Rules" or newly introduced "Cache Rules" beta https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/about/cache-rules/ Also check - a WordPress plugin for static site generation and deployment https://github.com/WP2Static/wp2static

This is my exact feeling. I have a Hugo-powered blog, but like you said, I miss the ability to draft something quickly when I'm inspired. Right now, the best option I have found is self-hosting Ghost with some aggressive Cloudflare caching. I considered using wp2static[0] before starting with Ghost. Have you published your exporter? [0] https://github.com/leonstafford/wp2static

It might be worth mentioning that Lokl [0] seems to be from the same author [1] as the "wp2static" plugin [2], my and many others go to for static site generation of WordPress. I find Lokl and interesting take, although the usual self-serve script is kind of annoying for power users (what I mean is that this bash scripts tried to do everything for you and it's less transparent), I recommend the repo [4] as the source of the actual Dockerfiles, that you could just reference in something like a docker-compose setup. The Dockerfiles are kind of surprising since they read more like a an ansible-playbook than like a Dockerfile. This one image has it all - php, nginx, mariadb, phpmyadmin and who knows what else [4]. It's an interesting approach to Docker images, certainly against the recommendation but might have some good reasoning for somethi

> [Google] contracted with a company called Bitnami to create a bunch of “click to deploy” solutions, or perhaps I should write “solutions”, because they don’t solve a fucking thing. They’re just there as checkboxes, as marketing filler, and Google never gave a shit whether any of them worked from Day One. I've had similar experiences with broken Bitnami images that makes it seem like they aren't even tested before being released [1][2]. Their WordPress images do work, but the way file permissions are configured doesn't play well with the way they have WordPress set up [3]. Have I just had bad luck, or is this a common experience? [1] https://community.bitnami.com/t/cant-authenticate-to-fauxton... [2] https://community.bitnami.com/t/couchdb-server-log-gives-wro... [3] https://github.com/WP2Static/wp2static/issues/598

I use PHP in my day job. It is by far the worst language I've ever used. Nothing else even comes close. The language and ecosystem are so full of footguns that you are bound to shoot yourself eventually. The OpenSSL implementation will silently truncate the key [1][2] without even giving a warning. The cURL lib, in 2020, still hasn't implemented a get_curl_opt function. Sure you could wrap it if you're writing everything, but the reality is I have to work in this nightmare ecosystem that just uses raw curl. Every == comparison is still a potential security hole due to PHP's insane (and inconsistent) typecasting behaviors. Sometimes a number gets cast to a string, but a string gets cast to a number if you use it as an array key. WTF? Do I have to wait another 15 years for PHP to become a halfway decent language? [1] https://github.com/WP2S