{"id":7045,"date":"2017-09-04T16:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T16:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7045"},"modified":"2017-08-15T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T16:14:09","slug":"linked-why-i-left-medium-and-moved-back-to-my-own-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/09\/04\/linked-why-i-left-medium-and-moved-back-to-my-own-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2616,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/arslan.io\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/30\\\/why-i-left-medium-and-moved-back-to-my-own-domain&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250613075728\\\/https:\\\/\\\/arslan.io\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/30\\\/why-i-left-medium-and-moved-back-to-my-own-domain\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 00:43:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 02:14:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 10:11:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 17:20:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 11:18:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 13:34:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 23:25:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 03:51:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 23:55:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 23:55:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arslan.io\/2017\/07\/30\/why-i-left-medium-and-moved-back-to-my-own-domain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Arslan.io<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>So here I am. I\u2019ve moved all my Medium posts to WordPress.com (and selected the plan to use my own domain). There are several reasons why I\u2019ve opted for this (which might be coming odd for some of you), but the number one reason was that I didn\u2019t wanted to manage anything about my blog. I know things like hugo, jekyll, etc.. is super easy to setup, work great and are highly customizable, but they have their own tradeoffs as well (asset management, commenting, etc\u2026). WordPress just works. It\u2019s simple and and they have years of experience running a profitable blogging business. Plus I like the company (hint: Automattic) behind WordPress\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Scomma Comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I wonder how, in your view, WordPress\u2019 composer stacks up against Medium\u2019s foolproof wysiwyg editor. Traditional blogging platforms always strike me as too powerful for their own good, while Medium is liberating because it forces you to focus on the content.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I use MarsEdit \/ Ulysses to write and then post to WordPress. I can\u2019t right inside of a browser. It feels odd to write with an address bar &amp; refresh button in the browser. Anything longer than a paragraph I write in a real text editor like BBEdit or the others named and then copy over the plain-text for formatting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Arslan.io: So here I am. 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