wordpress-to-astro
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Astro 6 for Beginners: A WordPress Developer's 2-Day Learning Diary
A WordPress developer's honest diary of the two days it took to get hands-on with Astro 6 for the first time: local dev, VS Code, pages, and layouts, plus the Content Collections, GitHub, and Vercel mistakes that came in the weeks after.
Read →Astro Pages, Layouts and Components: The First Three Concepts to Learn
How Astro's file-based routing, shared layouts, and reusable components work, explained for WordPress developers who think in themes, templates and shortcodes.
Read →Styling in Astro: Start with Plain CSS Before Reaching for Tailwind
How CSS works in Astro, including scoped styles, global CSS, CSS variables, and why a clean layout doesn't need a framework. With the actual CSS used to build this demo site.
Read →How to Set Up Your First Astro Project: A WordPress Developer's Real Experience
How to install Astro, run it locally, and push to GitHub, with every mistake documented. Node.js, VS Code, terminal, and why none of it is as scary as it looks.
Read →What is Astro? A WordPress Developer's Honest Take
Astro explained by someone who spent 10+ years building WordPress sites. What Astro is, what it is not, when it beats WordPress, and when WordPress is still the better choice.
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