[earthboundkid]

We're talking in circles. No one disputes that CDNs are good and expert users of WordPress are capable of making it not shit the bed. The point is that WP cannot be left unmanaged by novices, which means it should not be used in many situations in which it is currently used. Static sites have a higher floor and so are better suited to non-expert use.

[manigandham]

My point is that tradeoff isn't worth it. It's far easier to tweak security settings and configure a CDN than to completely change the backend with a complex build process requiring more technical knowledge, deploy it to a host which you still need, configure a CDN which you still need, and wire it up to read from a CMS which you still need.