{"id":780,"date":"2020-05-07T22:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/i-archived-my-wordpress-blog-by-making-it-static\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T07:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:06:56","slug":"i-archived-my-wordpress-blog-by-making-it-static","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/i-archived-my-wordpress-blog-by-making-it-static\/","title":{"rendered":"I archived my WordPress Blog by Making it Static"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since early 2013, I ran a technology blog called Digital Bounds<\/a>. In January of 2019, I decided it was time to sunset the project<\/a>. I worked on the site for over seven years. I published thousands of articles, wrote dozens of reviews, and had the chance to travel to CES, SXSW, and other technology conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I sunsetted the project, I have been keeping the blog up as an archive. Digital Bounds is using WordPress with a custom theme designed by Kyle and integrated into WordPress by Sunny. I have been keeping it up to date with the most recent WordPress installs. Over the past few weeks, it’s become more challenging to keep WordPress working with plugins and the theme. I started exploring how I could archive the website with the current theme and content I have written over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to archive without hosting WordPress is by converting Digital Bounds into a fully static website. This would not only allow me to archive most of the Digital Bounds site but reduce hosting costs to a minimal amount. To keep Digital Bounds running, I used a Digital Ocean droplet that cost around $50 a month to run each month. Having a static site would mean keeping a much smaller server or using a service like Vercel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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