Yeah, I considered that, and in some cases might take that approach. But in my particular case the websites need to be server-side for SEO, so it's mostly just

Yeah, I considered that, and in some cases might take that approach. But in my particular case the websites need to be server-side for SEO, so it's mostly just that I want to use React for reusability and because I prefer it over wordpress theming with php tags. Furthermore, I can now use React and still deploy the site on a typical LAMP-stack cheap hosting!