Most people would be better off with a simple static site than Wordpress.

Static sites are faster, cheaper, and easier to edit. And because you own your content in plain text you can more easily switch site generator or host. You're can't be held hostage.

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What's missing from the static site flow is a visual editor that makes the initial setup and design process more friendly. Someone should make this!

A lot of jam stack and static site page frameworks simply didn’t become viable until the past few years, I generally agree - I don’t think anyone who’s plugged in to latest web apps is going to prefer building on Wordpress other than requirements from others or legacy