Re:Wp-SQLite: WordPress running on an SQLite database
by freedomben on Monday May 16, 2022 @02:57PM
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Those are orthogonal and not mutually exclusive. I have a couple wordpress sites that are static.
There are a number of different ways to do it which range from Next.js with WP as a headless CRM (my current preference), or using a static site generator plugin inside of WP. I can recommend "Simply Static" as a handy plugin that (combined with nginx) will make as much of your site as possible static but still updates quickly and can allow some dynamism.
But it does introduce complexity, and the more frequently the site changes the less it makes sense. As the site grows also most sites end up wanting dynamic stuff that often can't (or shouldn't) be done on the client-side, slowly making the static build less and less useful. It's just not that simple.
There are a number of different ways to do it which range from Next.js with WP as a headless CRM (my current preference), or using a static site generator plugin inside of WP. I can recommend "Simply Static" as a handy plugin that (combined with nginx) will make as much of your site as possible static but still updates quickly and can allow some dynamism.
But it does introduce complexity, and the more frequently the site changes the less it makes sense. As the site grows also most sites end up wanting dynamic stuff that often can't (or shouldn't) be done on the client-side, slowly making the static build less and less useful. It's just not that simple.