Best practices or a smarter way to create a ~60K pages website

[simlated]

Hello,

I have a website based on WP that counts ~60K pages. Since it is basically a static website with some minor interaction powered by JS, I would like to switch to Hugo (which I already use for other projects).
The ~60K pages use the same template. Now, should I create 60K md files inside the content directory ( with a script that reads data from db and creates those files of course) or there’s some smarter way to do that and I’m missing it in the documentation?

[iaeiou]

Hi @simlated ,

I’m dropping here the bookmarks I have on the topic, hope you’ll find interesting bits:

• Switching From WordPress To Hugo — Smashing Magazine
• GitHub - hiproz/hugo-sync: synchronize your wordpress or github to hugo website automaticlly
• GitHub - SchumacherFM/wordpress-to-hugo-exporter: Hugo is static site generator written in golang. Wordpress is a tool for remote access to your server ;-) ❗️Contributions welcome!
• Converting WordPress Export File to Hugo – Elmar Klausmeier's Weblog
• Converting WordPress Export File to Hugo – Elmar Klausmeier's Weblog
• Notes about migrating to Hugo
• Migrating from Wordpress to Hugo | WhiteMatterTech
• Moving from Wordpress to Hugo · Curtis Timson
• Migrating a Website from WordPress to Hugo - Let's Make a Game
• From WordPress to Hugo, a mindset transition | Regis Philibert
• Sharing WordPress Content with Hugo - Half-Elf on Tech
• Release First Release · danielfdickinson/wpxr-to-static · GitHub

[klm]

You might find the talk Automated migration at scale: Migrate to Hugo from any existing site presented at the recent 2023 HugoConf useful.

In the talk, George Phillips from CloudCannon talks about the new StaticShape tool.