Most WordPress site owners think their hosting bill is their biggest expense. It's not. The real cost is hidden in plugin subscriptions ($50-200/month for premium plugins), security monitoring ($30-100/month), developer time for updates and patches (4-8 hours/month at $100-150/hr), and the revenue you lose every second your site takes to load.
The hidden tax on every page load
A typical WordPress site loads 20-40 HTTP requests per page. Each plugin adds its own CSS and JavaScript, whether that page needs it or not. Your contact page loads WooCommerce scripts. Your blog loads form builder styles. It's death by a thousand plugins, and your visitors pay the price in load time.
Modern static-first architectures eliminate this entirely. Every page ships exactly the code it needs — nothing more. The result: sub-second load times, better SEO rankings, and visitors who actually stick around long enough to become customers.
