
Astro for Small-Business Websites: A 33-Item Speed Checklist and a Six-Page Build
72.2% of Astro sites passed all Core Web Vitals on mobile in October 2026 vs 49.0% of WordPress. The data, a six-page build and a 33-item checklist.
Marc Mulvaney, founder of freewebsite247. I have built websites and done SEO since 1997, with more than 1,000 websites built. I write about small-business websites, SEO, Astro and Cloudflare with free SSL. The website is free, you just pay for the hosting. Every site is built by humans, assisted with AI. The free build is normally $2,599, with a preview within 24 hours; hosting is from $37.99/month on a 12-month plan. After 12 months the design, code, text, images and domain belong to the owner.