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title: "Dr. Atiqur Rahman Sunny: From WordPress to Astro: a faster, lower-maintenance site for a research mentor | BetaTech case"
description: "We moved a research mentor’s site from WordPress to Astro. Every page is now static HTML: fast to load, with no plugins to patch and little that can break."
url: https://betatech.co/work/atiqur-rahman-sunny/
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# Dr. Atiqur Rahman Sunny

From WordPress to Astro: a faster, lower-maintenance site for a research mentor

Astro · Personal brand

We moved a research mentor’s site from WordPress to Astro. Every page is now static HTML: fast to load, with no plugins to patch and little that can break.

![Dr. Atiqur Rahman Sunny website homepage](https://betatech.co/_astro/cover.DXOmQeRs_ZKm2ps.webp)

Client

Dr. Atiqur Rahman Sunny

Platform

Astro

Stack

Astro · Static HTML

Live site

[atiqursunny.com](https://atiqursunny.com)

## Problem

The site ran on WordPress, so a mostly brochure site still needed plugin and core updates, a database and security patching to stay online. That is a lot of upkeep for pages that rarely change.

## Solution

We rebuilt it on Astro, which generates every page as static HTML at build time. There is no database or plugin layer to attack, and no update treadmill.

## The client

[Dr. Atiqur Rahman Sunny](https://atiqursunny.com) is a research mentor and publication coach. His site sells mentorship plans and strategy sessions, lists courses, and links to his publications and press coverage.

## Why we moved it off WordPress

For a site like this, WordPress costs more than it gives:

-   **Maintenance.** WordPress core, the theme and every plugin need regular updates, and each update can break something.
-   **Security.** A database-backed login page is a constant target, even for a small personal site.
-   **Speed.** Every page was built on request by PHP and a database, with plugin scripts loaded on top.

## What Astro changes

-   **Static pages.** Astro builds every page to plain HTML ahead of time, so visitors get a file, not a database query.
-   **Little JavaScript.** Pages ship almost no JavaScript by default, which keeps them fast on mobile connections.
-   **Nothing to patch on the server.** No plugins, no database, no admin login exposed to the internet.
-   **Cheap, simple hosting.** Static files can be served from a CDN.

Content changes now go through us, or through a simple edit-and-publish workflow, instead of a plugin-heavy dashboard.

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