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Choose a website platform from editing needs, structured data, workflows, integrations, deployment, maintenance tolerance, ownership, and future growth rather than familiarity or trend.
Use Hugo when the site is primarily publish-and-read content, updates follow a controlled build process, and runtime application features are unnecessary.
Move from static architecture to Django when new requirements involve structured data, accounts, permissions, workflows, integrations, or application logic rather than page count alone.
Move WordPress content into maintainable Hugo source files only when the site's editing and functionality needs genuinely fit a static publishing workflow.
An old static site can be modernized by improving templates, semantic HTML, responsive layout, navigation, performance, and maintainability without adding a full CMS when editing needs are limited.
Migrate to static architecture only when the site's real needs no longer justify a runtime CMS, while preserving useful content, URLs, forms, media, and ownership.
Choose static delivery when the site can meet its goals without a runtime CMS, database, or large client-side application, while keeping the source and deployment process maintainable.