Hi Friends,
What is the least expensive and reliable web platform to host a website? I have been using wordpress for most of my own sites. I do ensure wordpress and plugins are up to date, however I found it to be extremely flaky and more prone to being hacked.
Most of my sites are brochureware and requires simple contact us forms. Does not require any complex eCommerce integrations etc.
What is the best platform out there that is reliable and does not break the bank.
thank you, let me check what Hugo is all about.
Hugo is one of those static site generator (written in golang). There are lots of those static site generators around and they are great for broucher sites, very fast on any web server, and almost no security issue, however you'll need to look for a 3rd party contact form solution.
Who's your host? What's your plan? What are your usernames and passwords?
The above may be the factors compromising your site, rather than WordPress.
spot on, it would be a combination of all those factors. Let me try strengthening it
You could also hardening things with crowdsec. It's like fail2ban but with a shared ban list. I see they have a wordpress plugin too.
thanks for this @nofate
Install wordfence on your site
I've used Joomla for years (as well as Wordpress). I had a slider plugin for Wordpress that would get hacked regularly (because I didn't update it), but haven't had any problems since removing it. The downsides with Joomla is that it's less popular (fewer plugins, support etc) and not as intuitive to use. That said, I think you'll require a bit of a learning curve to switch to another CMS (content management system), regardless.
An alternative I'd like to try one day is Grav. It's a "flat file" system, which doesn't require the use of an SQL database.
Food for thought.
Wordpress is the answer. I've got Wordpress apps that have been running without problem for years.
Or learn Hugo and host your sites for free on Github Pages or Netlify.