019f3e26-0082-7aa3-85ec-6f2520d26e49 post # Fast websites? Try [Astro](https://astro.build) 🚀 Oliver Lietz oliver_lietz https://vutuv.de/oliver_lietz https://vutuv.de/oliver_lietz/posts/019f3e26-0082-7aa3-85ec-6f2520d26e49 https://vutuv.de/oliver_lietz/posts/019f3e26-0082-7aa3-85ec-6f2520d26e49.json https://vutuv.de/oliver_lietz/posts/019f3e26-0082-7aa3-85ec-6f2520d26e49.txt https://vutuv.de/oliver_lietz/posts/019f3e26-0082-7aa3-85ec-6f2520d26e49.md https://vutuv.de/oliver_lietz/posts/019f3e26-0082-7aa3-85ec-6f2520d26e49.xml Astro web html css typescript 2480 PageSpeed Insights for Astro (mobile) 3507 https://vutuv.de/post_images/NBNZxyP1jv5vzDXwbMnLOA/thumb.avif https://vutuv.de/post_images/NBNZxyP1jv5vzDXwbMnLOA/feed.avif https://vutuv.de/post_images/NBNZxyP1jv5vzDXwbMnLOA/large.avif 2480 PageSpeed Insights for WordPress (mobile) 3507 https://vutuv.de/post_images/vAyS8Zu7GudhvikDxk0TwQ/thumb.avif https://vutuv.de/post_images/vAyS8Zu7GudhvikDxk0TwQ/feed.avif https://vutuv.de/post_images/vAyS8Zu7GudhvikDxk0TwQ/large.avif 1251 GitHub Website Project 1875 https://vutuv.de/post_images/Po76RrtM8sKcjT2p0utJyQ/thumb.avif https://vutuv.de/post_images/Po76RrtM8sKcjT2p0utJyQ/feed.avif https://vutuv.de/post_images/Po76RrtM8sKcjT2p0utJyQ/large.avif 2026-07-08T21:28:56Z 3 2026-07-07 0 1 0 0 # Fast websites? Try [Astro](https://astro.build) 🚀 In February 2026, a friend asked me to help with his [small website](https://meyerling-text.de). The website was using an (un)[managed WordPress instance at IONOS](https://www.ionos.de/hosting/wordpress-hosting), and he was charged for [PHP Extended Support](https://www.ionos.de/hilfe/hosting/problemloesungen-fuer-php/ionos-php-extended-support/). > [PageSpeed Insights](https://pagespeed.web.dev/) for WordPress (mobile): > >  WordPress, TYPO3 and other content management systems can become slow, insecure and expensive quite quickly. And very often, full-blown content management systems with user management and workflows are not needed. I set up a project on [GitHub](https://github.com), and we started working on a rewrite from scratch using Astro with clean, modern HTML and CSS. >  The Astro website is using [content collections](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/content-collections/) for pages and content blocks and in addition few lines of custom [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org) code for the navigation. The content is stored in [Markdown](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/) files and can be directly authored on GitHub. On every change (commit) a build ([Static Site Generation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_site_generator)) is started, and on success the website gets published with [IONOS Deploy Now](https://www.ionos.de/hosting/deploy-now). > PageSpeed Insights for Astro (mobile): > >  | | WordPress Mobile | WordPress Desktop | Astro Mobile | Astro Desktop | | -------------- | ---------------: | ----------------: | -----------: | ------------: | | Performance | 40 | 72 | 100 | 100 | | Accessibility | 88 | 91 | 95 | 92 | | Best Practices | 96 | 100 | 96 | 100 | | SEO | 92 | 92 | 100 | 100 | Static Site Generation allows fast and secure content websites of any scale with inexpensive hosting. Astro got my attention in 2021 (before the [1.0 release](https://astro.build/blog/astro-1/)) due to its support for [Island Architecture](https://jasonformat.com/islands-architecture/), and I'm a happy user since then. [Astro 7.0](https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/) was released some days ago with many improvements and new features. I'm a former [Magnolia CMS](https://www.magnolia-cms.com) Committer, [Apache Sling](https://sling.apache.org/) PMC member and Architect for [Adobe Experience Manager](https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/). I do IT for fun and profit.