[{"content":"After using WordPress for a long time, I have decided to migrate the blog to a static site generator: Hugo.\nWhy leave WordPress? While WordPress remains one of the most powerful and popular platforms available, it came with overhead that wasn\u0026rsquo;t necessary for my personal site:\nContinuous Maintenance: Frequent updates for plugins, themes, and PHP runtimes. Performance \u0026amp; Speed: Static sites deliver pre-rendered HTML files directly without hitting a database on every request. Enhanced Security: Removing PHP and MySQL completely eliminates the most common web vulnerability vectors. The New Setup with Hugo The updated site and blog (hbautista.com/blog/) are built with Hugo and written entirely in Markdown, fully integrated into my Git workflow:\nClean Workflow: Posts are authored locally in Markdown and tracked in my GitHub repository. Lightning-Fast Builds: Hugo compiles the entire site in milliseconds. Complete Layout Control: Full ownership over the generated HTML/CSS and deployment pipeline. All previous posts have been migrated into Markdown files. I hope you enjoy the faster loading times and streamlined design!\n","date":"2026-09-02T16:00:00-06:00","permalink":"/en/p/migrating-from-wordpress-to-hugo-a-faster-and-lighter-new-chapter/","title":"Migrating from WordPress to Hugo: A Faster and Lighter New Chapter"}]