Why Eleventy? 115 posts
Category: WHY ELEVENTY? (115 posts)
2025
My portfolio
Prototyped in Penpot, bought to life with 11ty! My portfolio is WCAG AA compliant, scores 100 on Google PageSpeed insights and weighs under 90kb.
By Jessie Heald (1 post)
Migrating from WordPress to 11ty (Eleventy)
This site was migrated from WordPress to 11ty (Eleventy). Here's how I did it, including how to import and convert WordPress content that relies heavily...
By Alfred Reinold Baudisch (1 post)
Reclaim Open - This One Goes to 11(ty)
A blog of the presentation given at the #ReclaimOpen25 conference.
By Tim Klapdor (2 posts)
Moving away from Nuxt to Eleventy
Discover why we are moving all of our statically generated websites from Nuxt to Eleventy, a faster and more reliable solution.
By pariskasid (1 post)
An Eleventy Showcase!
This is a post featuring what you can do with Eleventy and Markdown!
By Jesus Otero Lagunes (1 post)
Yet Another Blog Rewrite
In 2019, I rewrote this blog with Gatsby. I outlined my reasons in that post, but basically I wanted to use similar technology to build my blog as I used day-to-day at work. Middleman, Bootstrap, and jQuery seemed old and busted. Gatsby, React, and TypeScript seemed so much more fun.
By Ash Furrow (2 posts)
Ghost vs. Substack, Eleventy vs. WordPress: My Experiences
This month I began yet another web side-project: a weekly newsletter called Web Technology News on the Ghost platform. I currently have two other active websites: Cybercultural, my internet history site that I run via Eleventy and Cloudflare (and Buttondown for email delivery); and my personal websi
By Richard MacManus (3 posts)
We migrated our site to Eleventy and increased performance by 24%
How choosing the right tool for the job led to faster load times and fewer dependencies.
By Dan Webb (1 post)
Why I Don't Use Wordpress
I don't use WordPress. Instead, I build faster, simpler, more reliable websites with Jamstack tools like 11ty, Pages CMS and Netlify โ and here's why.
By Ryan Gittings (4 posts)
Migrated to Static Site (Eleventy)
Software engineering leader and occasional side project hacker.
By Brian Cantoni (6 posts)
Moving the Blog to 11ty
Updating my website
By Denis Ricard (1 post)
Moving to Eleventy
Crazy Mac lady. Mac author & developer. Lover of Apple computers and devices. Swift & SwiftUI enthusiast. Unofficial Mac app dev evangelist
By Sarah Reichelt (1 post)
I launched this little blog on 11ty, and I am excited about it.
I put off building this website for over a year and then I whipped it together in 3 short evenings. I will, once again, of course, be learning no lessons about procrastination from this.
By Thomas Rumbold (1 post)
Welcome to my new new website!
Hello and welcome to my _NEW_ new website. If everything goes well, it should look almost exactly the same[^1].Around nine years ago, I set this website up with Jekyll and GitHub Pages. Since the...
By zmknox (1 post)
Long-term WordPress user tries building with 11ty
Rewriting My Astro Blog with Eleventy
hi there! please enjoy my blog of things i think are interesting
By Melanie Kat (2 posts)
Rewriting in Eleventy (again)
Why I rewrote this site with Eleventy after a two-year sojourn with Astro.
By Sean McPherson (3 posts)
2024
Migrating to 11ty
It's been a while coming, but I've finally managed to get around to migrating to 11ty and Cloudflare Pages. I go over the ups and downs of the migration process in this blog post.
By Matt Hobbs (7 posts)
WordPress to Eleventy - The Why and How
Near the end of October 2024, I made the decision to move my site over to using Eleventy behind the scenes. Here's why I did it, and how I chose Eleventy over everything else.
By Gregory Hammond (3 posts)
Becoming an Astro-not
I spent an entire weekend migrating my Eleventy site to Astroโand then back to Eleventy! A reflection on using the right tool for the job, when many options are viable.
By Sage Fennel (1 post)
11ty and Ghost
Alex talks at length about what it's like using both Ghost and 11ty for two different blogs.
By Alex Ward (4 posts)
Prairie Rose Arena - Project Notes
This site is under construction!
Notes on migrating this website from Jekyll to Eleventy, as well as a bit of (re)design in the open.
By Chris Henrick (1 post)
This site goes up to Eleventy.
I just migrated this little websiteโs internals over to Eleventy. If I did my job right, you wonโt notice the change.
By Ethan Marcotte (2 posts)
An alarmingly concise and very hinged summary of what it was like to build this site from scratch
Twenty year celebration: Site update number three
By Peter Sefton (1 post)
Building with Eleventy
Re(re-re) building my personal site with Eleventy and web components
By Keith Kurson (3 posts)
THE FUTURE OF 11TY (2024)
Eleventy adoption guide: Overview, examples, and alternatives
Eleventy (11ty) is a compelling solution for developers seeking a straightforward, performance-oriented approach to static site generation.
By Nelson Michael (2 posts)
April 2024 Leilukin's Hub Overhaul with Eleventy
I rebuilt my website with the static site generator Eleventy in April 2024.
By Leilukin (1 post)
index.md is a valid Eleventy project
Building website projects from the scratch with Eleventy is a delightful process in my experience because in the beginning, all you need is index.md and you can then customise and add on top of it as much as you like.
By Juha-Matti Santala (22 posts)
Rebuilding My Developer Portfolio with Eleventy
I recreated my developer portfolio and blog from scratch with Eleventy.
By Helen Chong (7 posts)
Why I chose 11ty over NextJS for this site
Why a developer that uses NextJS every day chose 11ty for their personal site.
By Chris Hayes (1 post)
10 Reasons Why Static Site Generators Are Perfect for Modern Web Development
Whether you're a startup founder, a small business owner, or part of a larger organisation, navigating the complexities of web development can be daunting. In today's fast-paced digital landscape, where user experience reigns supreme and website performance can make or break your online succ
By Ryan Gittings (4 posts)
PhD Website: LOUD for Cultural Heritage โ now running with 11ty
I have redesigned my PhD Website โ Linked Open Usable Data for Cultural Heritage (https://phd.julsraemy.ch) โ with 11ty, a static site generator, instead of Omeka S.
By Julien A. Raemy (1 post)
Why I Migrated My Newsletter From Substack to Eleventy and Buttondown
Today I've gone live with a new website and email newsletter platform for Cybercultural, my tech history newsletter that I started on Substack in 2019. What pushed me to migrate off Substack is its stance on hate content, which I personally object to. But over the past several months, I'veโฆ
By Richard MacManus (3 posts)
Eleventy Migration
Back in 2018 I migrated my blog from WordPress to Hexo. Hexo is a static site generator running on Node.js. At the time I chose Hexo because it allowed me complete control over the structure of the resulting website, plus I could override and tweak the markup of the resulting pages. Hexo is a fairly
By Alistair Deneys (2 posts)
My Journey with 11ty and Tailwind CSS: Building a Personal Website
By Dipesh Kumar (1 post)
Eleventy Resume Builder
Despite searching the internet, I couldn't find a quick starter for my online resume project, not even on the official 11ty start page. Consequently, I decided to invest some time in creating one and making it available as a starter project for a broader audience.
By Gurpreet Singh (1 post)
New year, new blog!
After 9 years of self-hosted WordPress on EC2, I'm finally converting my blog to Eleventy and deploying it to AWS serverless services with Ampt.
By Jeremy Daly (1 post)
11ty or Bust
By Josh Ghent (1 post)
2023
Migrating my site from NextJS to Eleventy
Calling All Courageous Canary Testers for Eleventy 3.0
Eleventy brings me joy
Ramblings about how and why I re-wrote this site completely soon after I first published it
By Martin Gunnarsson (9 posts)
Moving W3Things from WordPress to 11ty
Migrating W3Things from WordPress to 11ty (Eleventy) static site generator. Sharing the site transfer experience and more.
By Danial Zahid (6 posts)
Eleventy vs. Next.js for static site generation
We evaluate Eleventy and Next.js and compare both static site generators for performance, developer experience, scalability, and ecosystem.
By Nelson Michael (2 posts)
Static Feedback #11: All About Eleventy
I've switched to Eleventy: my thoughts
In this article, I will talk about why I switched, how I did it, and my thoughts about Eleventy as a new user.
By Andrew Ward (5 posts)
Eleventy and Storyblok - My perfect combination
In this article, I share why I choose this combination, hoping you also fall in love with them.
By Estela Franco (4 posts)
Under the hood
What's that?
A short introduction why I started a blog and what you can expect here
By Albrecht Kohnlein (1 post)
Technical Architecture
How to make your site generate more leads, increase revenue, and save on engineering. These are the best design principles to follow when creating a web system instead of a website. Brought to you by one of the world's best product studios.
By Fictive Kin (1 post)
Migrating blog to a static site generator - 11ty versus Astro
Benefits, downsides and the whole journey of migrating to an SSG.
By Piotr Maliลski (3 posts)
I Rebuilt My Blog and Didn't Write About It
Chris McLeod is a software developer with over 20 years of experience. Sometimes he writes about it.
By Chris McLeod (7 posts)
Refactoring My Static Site in 2023
When I last redesigned tylersticka.com, I was tired of my content management system. I already authored posts with Markdown and HTML, myโฆ
By Tyler Sticka (3 posts)
Good news about CloudCannon and Eleventy
Not long after receiving a short-sighted shafting, my favorite JavaScript-based SSG and its creator wind up in good and friendly hands.
By Bryce Wray (26 posts)
Going Lean
WordPress has been with me since my very first post in 2009. There is a lot to love about it: Itโs open source, it has a thriving ecosystem, a beautiful default theme, and a revolutionary block editor that makes my inner UX geek giddy. Plus, WP made building a website and publishing content accessib
By Lea Verou (4 posts)
The Eleventy Community Survey Results (2023)
WordPress to Eleventy - Part 1, The Why
For years my personal website used WordPress, now it's using Eleventy and this is why
By Chris Smith (2 posts)
The Need for Speed: Why Eleventy Leaves Bundlers Behind
Static site generator Eleventy recently released version 2.0, which includes support for web component files and a new dev server.
By Loraine Lawson (1 post)
Full-stack Web Apps Without React
There are a ton of options for full stack web frameworks that don't use React. Let's explore some of them and why they are each unique.
By Brian Rinaldi (1 post)
Which SSGs I recommend
Hereโs a recap of my thoughts about the best tools for building and maintaining personal websites.
By Bryce Wray (26 posts)
Eleventy (11ty) - A simple and powerful static site generateor
Eleventy is rising in the ranks among static site generators โก It is powerful, simple to use, and can help you achieve the coveted top Lighthouse performance score โก Letโs dive into what else makes it unique
By Irina I. (1 post)
2022
Why I use Eleventy
Ramblings about software development, privacy, and whatever happens to strike my fancy.
By Ryan Cao (3 posts)
The next time you see me I will be Eleventy
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Jamstack
How I came to build (a previous version of) this site on the Jamstack.
By Daniel Saunders (2 posts)
6 Reasons I (Still) Love 11ty
Two years after launching my site with 11ty, itโs grown considerably, and yet Iโm still in love with the tool.
By Sean Davis (6 posts)
2021
11ty: The Good, the Bad, and the... Possum?
An in-depth review of 11ty, an extensible static site generator written in Node that supports a variety of template languages.
By Aleksandr Hovhannisyan (14 posts)
11ty Simplicity
By crossingtheruby (4 posts)
Why 11ty?
By crossingtheruby (4 posts)
Case Study: One year with Eleventy after leaving GatsbyJS
One year after I switched from GatsbyJS to Eleventy, In this post I recapped the process and wrote down how it is today working with Eleventy.
By Marc Radziwill (1 post)
Eleventy in eleven minutes
Image by 11ty.dev I would like to share my opinionated path how I got started using. Table... Tagged with eleventy, thingsivelearned, blazingfast, staticsitegenerator.
By Lea Rosema (4 posts)
Going Beyond Static Sites With Eleventy
Eleventy includes features that allow exceeding the traditional limits of static. Learn how to leverage these features and think beyond static when using Eleventy.
By Stephanie Eckles (21 posts)
2020
Eleventy and Hugo: comparing and contrasting
Trying to choose between the two best static site generators? See if these points address your personal hot buttons.
By Bryce Wray (26 posts)
Building my personal site with Eleventy
Software developer and team lead working remotely from Richmond, VA. Loves solving problems, grilling, tinkering with Home Assistant, metal shows, and his cats.
By Michael Harley (14 posts)
What is Eleventy! With David Darnes (Audio)
Weโre talking about Eleventy. What is it and how does it fit into your Jamstack workflow? Drew McLellan talks to Renaissance man David Darnes to find out.
By David Darnes (5 posts)
Why I love 11ty (and JAMstack) for building static sites...
It's been really hard to keep up with web development technologies over the past 10 years ๐ค, but here's how 11ty and the JAMstack is helping me build static sites in a modern way. ๐. Tagged with webdev, eleventy, html, jamstack.
By Tom Anderson (1 post)
Let's Learn Eleventy (11ty) - What is Eleventy?
This is the first part of the Let't Learn Eleventy series. We'll learn what is Eleventy and how to get started with it.
By Rares Portan (5 posts)
Your blog doesnโt need a JavaScript framework
The Emergency Website Kit
In cases of emergency, many organizations need a quick way to publish critical information. But existing (CMS) websites are often unable to handle sudden spikes in traffic.
By Max Bรถck (8 posts)
RaymondCamden.com now powered by Eleventy!
Static site generators: Hugo vs Jekyll vs Gatsby vs 11ty
I have an obsession with SSGs, and Eleventy is my favourite (even better than Hugo, Jekyll, and Gatsby).
By Tom Hazledine (3 posts)
2019
Why I'm Digging Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
By Raymond Camden (104 posts)
Why I left Hugo for Eleventy
Only weeks after telling you I was sticking with Hugo, I switch to Eleventy: the whys and wherefores.
By Bryce Wray (26 posts)
What I Like About Eleventy
Over the last month so, Iโve been working with Dr. Julian Jones to port some design system projects from Jekyll over to Eleventy, the feral possum of static site generators. Why undertake a whole replatforming initiative? Well, there were two primary issues we were trying to solve:
By Dave Rupert (1 post)
