Migrate from WordPress to Hugo, Step by Step

Get a handle on Hugo, the world's fastest static site generator, as we migrate from WordPress to a shiny new Hugo site

4.50 (170 reviews)

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What you will learn

Migrate a blog from the WordPress platform to an ultra-fast website using the Hugo static site generator.

Leverage your HTML/CSS skills to create custom Hugo themes.

Learn Hugo as you go!

Determine whether or not Hugo will work for your website or blog.

Understand how to use Hugo to easily post content to your blog.

Understand some solid hosting options for your site and how to configure each one.

(COMING SOON) Discover Hugo alternatives for your favorite WordPress features and plugins.

Why take this course?

Hugo is a super fast static site generator that's here to save you time and make your site fast, secure, and inexpensive to host. There's just one catch, your current website is already on WordPress™. This course will guide you through safely migrating your site and your workflow from WordPress to Hugo.

NOTE: Some of the earlier course content is out of date, because Hugo has continued to advance since I started creating this course a few years ago. There is still a TON of great content here, but a little "elbow grease" may be required to get things working on your machine.

NOTE2: As of August 22 I don't have time to finish and update this course. :'( If you are an experienced course content creator and would like to take over the superhero cape, reach out to me on LinkedIn.

Background:

WordPress is the most popular website management system in the world. And with good reason: it's easy to get up and running, and there is a rich ecosystem of beautiful themes and feature-enhancing plugins.

However, (queue the eerie mood music), WordPress has is faults...

Every year, security vulnerabilities are discovered in WordPress and its underlying programming language, PHP.
Content is served dynamically, so site performance suffers. Getting a solid PageSpeed ranking requires lots of of time, plugins, and hacks.
Good hosting options can be quite expensive.
Its database back-end limits hosting options and complicates backup and recovery.

But here's a secret you probably already know: Today, the vast majority of sites don't need to be on WordPress. Most sites serve static, or unchanging, content. For example, I'm doing good if I can publish to my blog once a month or so. So why was I using a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress? In my case, I didn't want to have to write my posts as HTML, upload them over FTP, update index pages to include my new post, manually add pagination, headers, footers, format images, etc. WordPress automated all of this. For the most part, all I had to do was focus on the content; WordPress took care of the rest. It was glorious!

That was the early 2000s. Nowadays we have static site generators like Hugo! With Hugo, I just write my blog post. Then Hugo generates my entire site, including all of those updated links, headers, footers, even a sitemap. And get this: it does it in about 1 second. Then, with a single command I can push my updated site to a service like Netlify, and my new post is live within a few minutes.

With Hugo, you get:

Ultra-fast site generation
Free hosting options
More security because there is no database or run-time to hack
Static pages are faster to serve and easy to cache. A faster site means better SEO.
Backups are essentially unnecessary if you store your repo on GitHub or GitLab.
Change tracking comes for free if you store your site in a Git repo.

Of course, for long-time WordPress users like myself, a number of questions come up:

What about my SEO plugin (yoast)? (Coming)
What about my syntax highlighting plugin (for tech blogs)? (Coming)
What about my comments!? (Coming)
What about my cool theme? Can I port it Hugo? (In progress)
What about help with spelling, grammar, writing style? (Coming)
What about advanced plugins for asset bundling, minification, etc? (In progress)

Learn all this and more with this comprehensive course. Enjoy!

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Reviews

Alexander

October 23, 2022

If you are coming with React background like me, then the Hugo sucks Though the course is still great, but I had to struggle with a couple of things as it is a little bit outdated due to updates in the Hugo ecosystem

Rain

August 7, 2022

The starting impression is very extra ordinary. i thought it can convert from my existing word press site to Hugo site. I completed first 9 modules but I feel the course is not suitable at all for the people who watch the introductions and watch the course. I just wasted my time till now i feel.

Hoàng

June 27, 2022

This course is overall pretty good. Although, the course yet to have good instructions on creating the new theme from the scratch, about the work flow, good practices suggestions, etc. Frankly speaking, many of the themes available for download on Hugo now are quite rigid and confusing.

May 5, 2021

I liked that it was really all about Hugo. I liked the step by step. I kept stopping the training so I could follow along and actually do. Thanks

John

September 20, 2020

Amazing course! This not only shows you how to migrate a Wordpress site - it teaches a great Hugo workflow and as a bonus it has a section on how to create your own template. The most extensive course on Hugo I have seen. Love how the course is set up. Thorough and clear explanations.

Charles

September 4, 2020

Several key areas are outdated especially in the beginning in terms of what gitlab looks and acts like etc. Some of the commands that he provides don't really work quite the same and you have to find workarounds. At least in the first half of the class I have found myself doing and redoing steps then having to go through the terminal and file explorer to make sure things go where they are supposed to in order to get other commands work. I've gone through that part in Windows 10 and in Linux. It's closer to correct in Win Powershell but you still have to be careful about the directories and follow closely about what directly you need to be in when you do the command prompt parts or things won't work at all or as expected. After that part and after I got used to knowing what to cross-check based on what he presented it seems to be moving more smoothly. I think with some updates this would have been a much better course. Software and websites are constantly changing and for a course that seems to be directed toward noobs, updates really help.

Thomas

August 10, 2020

Great course to really learn Hugo. The theming section is still under construction, but looks quite promising :)

John

June 14, 2020

Course is great, exactly on point to the topic. It would be great to have access to the code used in the course to be able to test fully.

Griep

January 4, 2020

Der Kurs vermittelt alles notwendige Wissen und hat ein angenehmes Lerntempo. Nicht zu schnell, nicht zu langsam. Die vielen Gags am Anfang des Kurses fand ich bisschen nervig. Sonst Super Kurs! Danke

Sasit

June 3, 2019

This course is really help me understand how Hugo and Git works. The in structure's teaching style is easy to follows. Now I have to modified my Hugo theme to match my old site as soon as possible.

Pat

January 27, 2019

I really enjoyed the class, Ty does a great job of keeping you engaged and breaking down the different topics. Even though the title says migrating from WordPress to Hugo this is also just a great introduction to Hugo on its own. I also recommend his blog which he mentions in the course, https://www.tygertec.com/ . He has some articles on gitlab, Hugo and what it took to make this course, all very interesting reads.

Jörg

January 24, 2019

The currently available parts are very good. Ty has been put much work in this course and its presentation. To really complete the step to 5 stars, the course would need the complete path for migration... So not only content but also layout adoption. But still - great work Ty!

Clinton

January 21, 2019

INITIAL IMPRESSION: WAY too much time is spent on things that are completely irrelevant to me and a lot of other people. I bought this course hoping to learn Hugo. I'm not remotely interested in using 7.zip, Windows, VS Code, Chocolatey, Posh Git, etc. or watching a beginner's guide on each of these tools. I'm now about half way through the course and I've seen exactly one Hugo command. One. I expected to be well into Hugo by this point, but I still know nothing at all about the tool I bought this course to learn. I'm going to watch the rest of the course, but if it doesn't pick up significantly and really dive into Hugo during the last half, I'm going to have to ask for a refund since this isn't at all the course the description led me to believe I was buying. UPDATE: I've gone through another module now and thankfully it had some Hugo specific information in it. I think it was a good overview of what Hugo is all about. There is still a lot more I'm hoping to learn, but I'm happy that we finally got into Hugo. I'll add half a star to my original review. FINAL UPDATE: There is some good information in this course and it would be worth buying if you are an absolute beginner who has never set up a development environment and you are using Windows. While the information was too basic for me, I did find the author's coverage of Windows tools like Chocolatey, 7-zip, and Posh Git to be well thought out and his delivery was engaging. I would recommend this course to beginners because I think the author does a good job of explaining how to set up a basic development environment. The Hugo portion of the course felt rushed and high-level compared to the rest of the course. In future versions, I would recommend the author slow down and give the Hugo sections as much detail as the setup part of the course. I added another half a star to my original review because I do think the course would be good for beginners, but I think the Hugo parts need more detail.

Benjamin

September 23, 2018

Thoroughly enjoyed this course as a newbie to Hugo. Ty is an excellent teacher and very knowledgeable. He steps you through the basic of setting up and using Hugo with very comprehensive sections which leading up to the main focus of moving content from WP. Even though, that wasn't my purpose, that didn't matter because I learnt some of basics. Can't wait for more expanded content Ty. Thank you.

Michelle

September 14, 2018

It was understandable, clear, enjoyable graphics, and helpful! It demonstrates excellent teaching skills!!!

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