I’ve built affiliate sites on WordPress, run my own VPS, and moved projects to Astro. This site is where I document the trade-offs, mistakes, and stack decisions I’d actually repeat.
A detailed head-to-head comparison of WordPress and Astro covering performance, CMS features, developer experience, and which to choose.
Honest breakdown of WordPress hosting options for developers. From budget shared hosting to managed cloud and self-managed VPS. With real trade-offs, not just promotional copy.
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How getStaticPaths works, what dynamic routes are, and how to build a blog listing page and detail page from Astro Content Collections.
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How Markdown works in Astro, what frontmatter is, and why plain text content can feel cleaner than WordPress for developer-owned sites.
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Why Content Collections exist, how to set them up with the modern Astro content API, and how Zod schema validation keeps content reliable.
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Step-by-step guide to deploying a static Astro site to Vercel, connecting GitHub, understanding production and preview deployments, adding a custom domain, and troubleshooting failed builds.
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An honest two-day Astro learning diary from a WordPress developer, covering local development, VS Code, pages, layouts, and the real beginner mistakes that made the workflow finally click.
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How Astro's file-based routing, shared layouts, and reusable components work, explained for WordPress developers who think in themes, templates and shortcodes.
Read →Honest Rank Math review from a developer who uses it on affiliate and content sites. What it does well, where it gets bloated, and whether you actually need Pro.
Read review →ReHub review from someone who ran it in production for affiliate, coupon, and price comparison sites. What it does well, where it becomes heavy, and when to move on.
Read review →An honest Cloudways review for developers and WordPress site owners who want cloud performance without managing a Linux server themselves. What it is, who it fits, and where it falls short.
Read review →A practical comparison of Divi and Elementor for WordPress developers and agencies. One side is hands-on. The other is research-based. Both are labeled clearly.
Read comparison →Practical comparison of Astro and Next.js for content sites and React apps. From a developer who builds with Astro in production and knows Next.js well enough to tell you when to use it instead.
Read comparison →A practical comparison between WordPress and Webflow for developers, designers, and agencies deciding on a platform.
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