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**Moving from WordPress to Jamstack **is a CodingCat.dev podcast episode featuring Jason Lengstorf alongside Alex Patterson and Brittney Postma focused on PHP, Serverless, Netlify. Talking with Jason Lengstorf about how to use Wordpress to power the backend to any of your Jamstack sites. 1.11 - Moving from WordPress to Jamstack with Jason Lengstorf: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-11-moving-from-wordpress-to-jamstack 0:00 - Start
0:41 - Jason Lengstorf
2:00 - Moving from Wordpress to Jamstack
2:15 - Jason Intro
4:55 - Cost of context shifting
5:54 - What is Jamstack
8:25 - Is Wordpress still 30%
10:45 - Frontend Devs not excited about Wordpres Watch the full video breakdown on YouTube or explore the architectural notes, chapters, and official documentation links below.
Questions
- What is Jamstack and what does it mean to you?
- You always hear WordPress holds 30% of the internet. Is this still the case and are we starting to see them lose ground? Why do you think that is?
- What are the benefits of moving off of WordPress and into a Jamstack ecosystem?
- Is Jamstack lacking any capabilities that WordPress provides?
- We are currently building out a backend similar to WordPress with the Jamstack in NextJS. What would you say are the key features WordPress provides its users?
- If you were to use any CMS today to create a Next.js application and host it on Netlify what would it be? And why?
- Can Netlify host a Next.js application with regeneration capabilities yet?
Technical Overview: Moving from WordPress to Jamstack
1.11 - Moving from WordPress to Jamstack with Jason Lengstorf: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-11-moving-from-wordpress-to-jamstack 0:00 - Start
0:41 - Jason Lengstorf
2:00 - Moving from Wordpress to Jamstack
2:15 - Jason Intro
4:55 - Cost of context shifting
5:54 - What is Jamstack
8:25 - Is Wordpress still 30%
10:45 - Frontend Devs not excited about Wordpres
When applying the concepts from Moving from WordPress to Jamstack in a production codebase, teams working with PHP, Serverless, Netlify, React should align their implementation with the PHP Official Manual (Zend Engine runtime, security hardening, and language reference). Structuring your workflow around repeatable patterns, automated verification, and clear separation of concerns helps prevent regressions as your application scales.
Key Engineering Takeaways
- **Core Topic Focus: **Practical strategies for PHP, Serverless, Netlify, React covered in "Moving from WordPress to Jamstack" (Talking with Jason Lengstorf about how to use Wordpress to power the backend to any of your Jamstack sites.).
- **Production Implementation: **Combine the architectural patterns demonstrated in this podcast with the official PHP Official Manual for type safety, performance, and long-term maintainability.
- **Hands-On Video Walkthrough: **Follow along with the live coding demos and discussion on YouTube (Moving from WordPress to Jamstack) and subscribe to CodingCat.dev on YouTube for weekly deep dives.
Video Chapters & Timestamps
Jump directly to any segment of Moving from WordPress to Jamstack on YouTube using the timestamped chapters below:
- 00:00: Start
- 00:00: Jason Lengstorf
- 00:00: Moving from Wordpress to Jamstack
- 00:00: Jason Intro
- 00:00: Cost of context shifting
- 00:00: What is Jamstack
- 00:00: Is Wordpress still 30%
- 00:00: Frontend Devs not excited about Wordpress
- 00:00: Wordpress Cost vs. Jamstack Cost
- 00:00: Amazon Lightsail hosted Wordpress
- 00:00: Make DevOps happy
- 00:00: Netlify Regeneration
- 00:00: Regeneration and Variability
- 00:00: 10 factorial of issues
- 00:00: Atomic Deploys
- 00:00: Break apart builds
- 00:00: Positives of WordPress
- 00:00: CMS Services
- 00:00: Authentication Services
- 00:00: Write services from scratch
Resources, Links & Official Documentation
- *Watch on YouTube: *Moving from WordPress to Jamstack Full Video (plus Subscribe to CodingCat.dev)
- *Show Pick: *Code Newbie on Forem (picked by Alex Patterson)
- *Show Pick: *Next.js Webinar with Cassidy Williams (picked by Alex Patterson)
- *Show Pick: *Iceberger (picked by Alex Patterson)
- *Show Pick: *Jamstack Explorers (picked by Brittney Postma)
- *Show Pick: *Ted Lasso - Apple TV+ (picked by Brittney Postma)
- *Show Pick: *Neuhaus Chocoloate (picked by Jason Lengstorf)
- *Show Pick: *Finex Cast Iron (picked by Jason Lengstorf)
- Jason Lengstorf Guest Profile & Episodes on CodingCat.dev
- Jason Lengstorf on GitHub
- PHP Official Manual: Zend Engine runtime, security hardening, and language reference
- Serverless Land & Cloud Patterns: Event-driven architecture, functions-as-a-service, and cloud workflows
- Netlify Documentation: Jamstack deployments, edge functions, and build automation
Related CodingCat.dev Tutorials & Podcast Episodes
- Jamstack Handbook by Colby Fayock: Talking with Colby Fayock we dive into Jamstack security, Jamstack ecommerce, and much more!
- Creating Great Ecommerce with Jamstack: We sit down with Flor Antara and James Vidler to talk all about Ecommerce and the solutions for Jamstack.
- Bringing the Jamstack Together with TinaCMS: We sit down with James Perkins to talk about how he became a developer advocate. Then we talk about how TinaCMS is changing the way we think about editing in th...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What are the main takeaways from Moving from WordPress to Jamstack?
Talking with Jason Lengstorf about how to use Wordpress to power the backend to any of your Jamstack sites. 1.11 - Moving from WordPress to Jamstack with Jason Lengstorf: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-11-moving-from-wordpress-to-jamstack 0:00 - Start
0:41 - Jason Lengstorf
2:00 - Moving from Wordpress to Jamstack
2:15 - Jason Intro
4:55 - Cost of context shifting
5:54 - What is Jamstack
8:25 - Is Wordpress still 30%
10:45 - Frontend Devs not excited about Wordpres Throughout this podcast, Jason Lengstorf breaks down real-world implementation details for PHP, Serverless, Netlify so developers can apply these patterns directly in production.
How do you implement PHP best practices in production?
When adopting PHP and Serverless in a production stack, start by validating your configuration against the PHP Official Manual (Zend Engine runtime, security hardening, and language reference). Focus on incremental adoption, automated testing, and observability so your team can measure performance and developer velocity improvements at each stage.
Where can I watch the full Moving from WordPress to Jamstack walkthrough and find related code resources?
You can watch the complete video session for Moving from WordPress to Jamstack on the CodingCat.dev YouTube channel. For a deeper dive into PHP, check out our related guide: Jamstack Handbook by Colby Fayock.
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