Astro + Cloudflare Pages Outperforms WordPress for Static Sites

Astro generates static HTML by default, while Cloudflare Pages serves it from edge locations, resulting in page loads under 1.5 seconds versus WordPress's 2-5 seconds. The comparison shows Astro sites achieve near-perfect Core Web Vitals scores without extensive optimization. For developer-managed blogs and marketing sites, the modern stack offers superior performance, SEO, and security with less overhead.