Observed Signal · Sep 23, 2026 · Market Signal · Source: SpeedVitals · Impact: 2/5
The State of WordPress Hosting in 2026
New blog post by CEO Kashish Kumawat analyzing WordPress hosting performance claims, arguing that no hosting provider is actually the fastest.
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Five Causes of Slow WordPress Sites
The article explains common reasons why WordPress sites remain slow despite optimization efforts and gives practical fixes. It identifies five main causes: too many plugins, heavy themes with unused code, missing or misconfigured caching, unoptimized images, and hosting not built for WordPress. Recommended actions include removing unused plugins, choosing a lightweight theme, enabling server-side caching (often provided by specialist WordPress hosts), serving images in modern formats (e.g., WebP) with lazy loading, and moving to managed WordPress hosting optimized for performance and uptime. The piece cites Raidboxes as an example of a managed WordPress host and notes a promotional 50% discount on first hosting contracts for moves completed by 2026-04-28.
Developer builds Astro static site instead of WordPress
A developer who builds WordPress and WooCommerce professionally explains why they chose to build their personal site (Tinkernotes) with the Astro static-site framework instead of WordPress. The site is authored as MDX in a Git repo, built to static HTML with interactive components implemented as Svelte "islands," and deployed on Cloudflare Pages. The author cites lower maintenance (no PHP, database, or plugin surface), zero hosting cost on Cloudflare Pages' free tier, improved performance and reduced security risk as primary benefits. Trade-offs include losing a non-technical publishing dashboard, slower large-scale rebuilds, and the absence of WordPress plugins. The author says WordPress remains the right choice for non-technical editors, dynamic sites, and many e-commerce projects.
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