Rationale

Why Static Page Generator and not Wordpress?

All dynamic content management systems (CMS) such as Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Typo3, etc. have one thing in common: They are server side applications running at all times proxied through the actual web/http server.

This induces one important and huge obligation: Keeping the CMS software up to date patching repeatedly occuring security bugs.

Websites produced by a static page generator, such as Jekyll, are served directly by the web server. Thus, there is no additional server side software running, which needs to be kept up to date.

Why Jekyll and not ?

The main creator of the JLESC website, @torbjoernk, was already familiar and experienced with Jekyll and nobody cared to evaluate alternatives.

Nevertheless, Jekyll is actively developed and has a large community with loads of guides and help.