Do yourself a favor and learn about this (Jamstack)
I don't write a lot of reviews but I felt like I need to help people discover this amazing plugin.
I've actually been using the free version of the plugin for several years, so I am really glad to see the pro version available on appsumo. This is a must buy, don't miss out.
Jamstack has been the future of web for a while — Though only for certain use cases. Its great for a simple blog without the need for a lot of dynamic functionally. Jamstack in general is disruptive in the sense of being incredibly fast, secure and allowing for free hosting. In the case of this plugin, the disruption extends by also benefiting from wordpress' design ecosystem — the visual design tools (elementor, etc) and the many themes available. There is nothing else on the market like this plugin that I am aware of (for wordpress).
Traditionally, for Jamstac sites you need to be fairly technical when setting up sites on Gatsby, Hugo, etc. Sure you can follow toturials, and its not that hard, but the design aspect is where it gets more difficult if you don't have front end experience. You have to either use the limited themes they have available, or design your own. That's where this plugin shines. Yes, wordpress is completely outdated (clunky, slow, security, etc) but it still has one of the best design ecosystems. So you get the best of both worlds — blazing fast sites, maintenance free security, free hosting + the full design ecosystem of wordpress.
The only drawback is lack of dynamic functionality (ecommerce, plugins, etc). But if you focus on creating content and use Yoast/rankmath, you are good to go for content marketing/blogging side of things. And with the pro version you can handle forms and some other things. You can also still set up landing pages, newsletter, etc with external tools (embed codes, etc).
Main benefits:
- Easy to use (use current wordpress skills)
- Free hosting (netlify, cloudflare pages, etc) — the level of speed would cost $50-100 a month easily, and still doesn't match the speed of Jamstack sites
- Fast (great for SEO)
- Secure (you can have your site hosted for free, for years without any maintenance, versus wordpress is likely to get hacked without maintenance)
Process:
Build locally (local by flywheel) —> push to a free static hosting (netlify, etc). Scale to as many people as you need, with blazing fast load times, which is great for user experience and SEO.
Works extremely well. Jamstack has caught on a lot, and I was learning about it from the start, but honestly I'm surprised this Jamstack concept and plugin are not more well known for all the benefits it offers.
Anyways, spend a small amount of time learning about this and you can benefit a lot from the implementation of this new web stack/plugin. Its truly a disruptive plugin, and I am glad it is on appsumo (1k for unlimited lifetime license vs 299 appsumo lifetime license... amazing deal).
Patrick_SimplyStatic
May 16, 2024Fantastic review, Jeff!
Thanks for taking the time to write a detailed one, especially if you are not often writing reviews.
Much appreciated!