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![the hugo logo](/img/2025-03-04-hugo.svg)
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Over the past few weeks, we have been working behind the scenes to migrate our website, resulting in the page that you currently have in front of you!
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Our pages are now generated by the [_Go_-based, open source static site generator _Hugo_](https://gohugo.io/).
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All old URLs should continue working as before, but **if you run into any missing pages, please let us know through any of the channels linked in the page footer**.
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Our pages are now generated by the [_Go_-based, open source static site generator _Hugo_](https://gohugo.io/), and are stored on [GitHub](https://github.com/OBF/OBF.github.io).
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All old URLs should continue working as before, but **if you run into any missing pages or other issues, please let us know by [submitting an issue](https://github.com/OBF/OBF.github.io/issues/new) or contacting us via the channels linked in the page footer**.
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Until recently, the OBF websites and blog ran on _Wordpress_, the most common, PHP-based Content Management System, which overall has served us well over the years (and which itself was a migration from the previous _MediaWiki_-based setup).
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Beyond the [recent governance issues with Wordpress](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24256361/wordpress-wp-engine-drama-explained-matt-mullenweg), we also decided to move towards a static site system due to being easier to maintain in the long-term.
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Keeping up with the security patches for WP itself, the plugins we used and keeping it compatible with our custom theme required a lot of effort.
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As a small, all-volunteer-run organisation, we decided that it's both a better use of our time but also more sustainable in the long-term to use a simpler static site generator.
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As ultimately the output is just a collection of HTML files that can easily be moved between hosts and are mostly self-contained.
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As a small, all-volunteer-run organisation, we decided that it's both a better use of our time and more sustainable in the long-term to use a simpler static site generator.
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Ultimately, the output of the static site generator is just a collection of HTML files that can easily be moved between hosts and are mostly self-contained.
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For our use-case, _Hugo_ and its ecosystem have the benefit that [_wp2hugo_](https://github.com/ashishb/wp2hugo) provides an easy way to migrate an existing blog from Wordpress to Hugo!
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Based on the _XML dump_ that Wordpress can generate, it can create all the markdown files and even get the necessary static files like images in the right place.
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Using an _XML dump_ that Wordpress can generate, Hugo can create all the markdown files and even get the necessary static files like images in the right place.
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If you're considering moving away from Wordpress, this might be worthwhile alternative to look at!

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