Why not just use WordPress?

You’ll see a lot of authors using WordPress, and might think that’s the easiest, or best, or recommended way to set up a site.

It’s pretty good. You can buy a domain from them, let them host it and manage the upgrades for you, and it’s so widely used that it’s estimated 25% of all websites run on it. Not just blogs, all websites.

But it’s as complex as it is powerful. You can customise it in a million different ways, install a thousand themes and almost as many plugins, all of which can make it a nightmare to manage. The more you add to it, the slower it runs, and people don’t like slow websites.

And that's before you even have to consider keeping it up to date. Like any complex piece of software, there are bugs and security holes which need to be kept on top of. The simpler your site, the less you have to do.

Our goal today is to set you up something simple, zero maintenance, and fast. You won’t get locked in forever, and if one day you decide Wordpress or some other tool is a better fit for you, you can always look into it then.