{"id":915,"date":"2019-08-20T10:26:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbk.com\/\/?p=915"},"modified":"2020-08-10T19:32:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T19:32:27","slug":"ghost-blog-cms-alternativa-matadora-do-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinbk.com\/en\/ghost-blog-cms-alternative-killer-of-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Blog CMS – WordPress Killing Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghost CMS is a blog and content management platform built on node.js<\/strong> which promises to be the great killer and rival of WordPress. Can this platform really replace WordPress and its infinite range of plugins and themes? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I heard about Ghost CMS a few years ago, I was very interested, but I noticed that it was quite limited in relation to WordPress. Nowadays Ghost has evolved a lot, is it now worth using Ghost in 2019? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did Ghost CMS come about?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ghost CMS was launched on October 14, 2013 with the promise of being a great content and blog management platform. Currently Ghost CMS is the only rival to WordPress, it is always mentioned as the first alternative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghost emerged in November 2012 as a project suggested by one of the former members of the WordPress interface designer development team John O'Nolan<\/strong>. He questioned the complexity of the platform that abandoned its main function of being a blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He created a kickstarter campaign that raised more than $ 300,000, kicking off the big project. Open source started being made available the following year, and in 2014 the official website ghost.org <\/strong>offered a managed and hosted version, which is a bit salty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the main advantages of Ghost CMS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the things that attracted me to Ghost CMS is its node.js language entirely in javascript. Many programmers strongly criticize the mess that exists in PHP, so node.js turns out to be a very viable option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main advantage of Ghost using node.js is that it can become 1,000% faster than a WordPress site. It was one of the few sites that managed to reach 100 on PageSpeed. The node.js language accepts many more requests than PHP, in addition to being purely lightweight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another great advantage of Ghost is that it is super easy to handle, it has an editor similar to WordPress Gutenberg, it is optimized for SEO automatically, it offers everything a website needs to offer natively without the need for plugins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you know javascript and node.js, Ghost will not be lacking in regards to WordPress. You can do just about anything with the platform, which is an Open Source that offers API, JSON API, own CLI and other facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghost even has a native app for you to manage your website through your computer and Android phone. Natively it offers multi-languages, AMP, redirects, Unsplash images, integration with Zapier, email capture and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the disadvantages of Ghost CMS? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I honestly don't see many disadvantages, but there are disadvantages that end up weighing a lot when migrating to Ghost. One is their main focus on blogging and content, while many use WordPress for different purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worst disadvantage I found is the fact that I don't have a native media manager like WordPress. The development team doesn't think about doing something like that. I believe it is horrible not to be able to reuse the images already sent to your server in a kind of gallery. Of course, there must be ways to get around this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, another major disadvantage is that in WordPress you have a huge range of plugins that can do anything, in addition to a huge community that gives you support and invents practical solutions to certain problems. In Ghost, although strong, things are more limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can compare Ghost as a closed version of iOS and WordPress as an Android. It seems to be infinitely superior in its creation, but closed to the point that it ends up losing badly to the 99% of users who use WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghost Hosting <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another disadvantage is the simple fact that people are used to hosting and websites in PHP. Node.js<\/strong> it is not difficult, but it is different. Sometimes you need to have some basic knowledge of programming and command lines in SSH. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Ghost you cannot use hosting managers like Runcloud<\/a>. There are friendly ways to manage and install the node.js<\/strong> on a cloud server, but honestly I haven't found one that takes care of both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a simple way to use a managed hosting from Ghost itself. Unfortunately the dollar prices are totally unrealistic and limit the site to the number of visits. Much better to hire a cloud on Digital Ocean<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are other managed hosts in node.js like Umbler<\/strong>, if you live in Europe, we have the tsohost<\/strong>. The website Themeix.com <\/strong>also offers managed hosting Ghost<\/strong> for a great annual price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, you can easily use node.js on system panels alongside PHP like Plesk and Cyberpanel. There is also the cloudron<\/strong> which installs Ghost and other apps in different languages \u200b\u200bin just one click in isolation within your cloud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only disadvantage is that the Cloudrun<\/strong> limits access, preventing even editing the DB manually. The purpose of cloudron<\/strong> is to be a platform for kids who don't want to get involved with programming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sites using Ghost CMS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below I will list some famous sites that use Ghost CMS for you to take a peek and understand how it works and how they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n