Vibe coding has made static websites easier than ever to build. You can spin up a site with Astro, Jekyll, Gatsby, Hugo, or another static framework without ever touching a traditional CMS. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
But easier to build doesn\u2019t necessarily mean easier to optimize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
WordPress and other CMSs quietly handle many SEO basics through plugins and built-in functionality, from canonicals and sitemaps to redirects, metadata, schema, and 404 handling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
With a static site, much of that work becomes your responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Going static doesn’t remove SEO work; it moves it, in my opinion. WordPress hides a load of defaults behind plugins, and static turns every one into a job you do yourself. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
That doesn\u2019t make static sites bad for SEO. It just means you need to know what your CMS used to do for you, and what you now need to build, configure, and monitor yourself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n