Ask HN: Should I ditch Wordpress for Ghost?

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11 years ago

Hi all, me again, I am in the process of switching my website provider and I am wondering: If I invest all that time I might also think about switching from Wordpress to Ghost [1].

Don't get me wrong, Wordpress is awesome and did a lot for bloggers. But its also a huge target and kind of bloated.

I really like Ghost, but I am not sure if it's ready to go yet. My posts are mostly text and pictures, that shouldn't be a problem (although I hear its not easy to migrate pictures).

My main concern are the plugins: I use few, but I want to keep stuff like the 2-click-social-media-share [2] or the Cookie warning (not sure if I need it, but hey...).

Basically, what I am asking: Did anyone switch his blog from WP to Ghost and how did it go?

Thanks for your time (currently in Greece, answers might take a while).

[1]: www.ghost.org [2]: https://github.com/heiseonline/shariff

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