Why I Switched from WordPress to Hugo

After wrestling with WordPress — empty database backups, MySQL containers that wouldn’t start after a restart, and the constant drip of plugin update notifications — I decided enough was enough. What was wrong with WordPress The immediate trigger was trying to restore a site for a friend. The backup had two files: a .sql dump and a tar.gz of the WordPress files. Both were empty shells. The backup script had run successfully every night against volumes that were never actually populated. ...

May 16, 2026 · 2 min · Mohamed Mohamed