WordPress or a fast static site?

For a small business site of 5–20 pages that changes a few times a month, a static site is usually faster, safer and cheaper to run than WordPress: there are no plugins to update and nothing for bots to hack. WordPress still makes sense when several people publish every week or you rely on a specific plugin.

Why speed matters

Google counts a page as "good" when the main content appears within 2.5 seconds (Largest Contentful Paint). Many small WordPress sites with a page builder and a dozen plugins miss that on phones.

In October 2026 we moved a 450-page online shop of our own from WordPress to static pages on Node.js. Server response is now about 0.2 seconds and mobile PageSpeed reaches the high 80s to 90.

What it costs to keep WordPress running

• Premium themes and plugins (forms, SEO, page builder, backups, security) are often billed yearly, and each needs updating.
• Hosting that keeps WordPress fast costs more than hosting static files.
• When a plugin update breaks something, someone has to fix it.

When WordPress is still the right choice

• Several staff publish posts every week and need an editor.
• You depend on a plugin such as a membership or LMS system.
• You already have a large WordPress site that works well — keep it, and we can still help with WordPress.