If it's just a collection of essays, what about a static site? You can set one up on Github Pages or Gitlab Pages with a minimum of coding. There are also virtually no security concerns and maintenance is minimal.
You'd have to take all of the text from the Wordpress blog and format it into Markdown but that shouldn't take a huge amount of time unless there is a lot of weird formatting or different media types.
You'd have to take all of the text from the Wordpress blog and format it into Markdown but that shouldn't take a huge amount of time unless there is a lot of weird formatting or different media types.