This was very much a problem for WordPress back in its "glory days." I had to go in and optimize a lot of stuff to get our website's performance to be sub-5s. (

This was very much a problem for WordPress back in its "glory days." I had to go in and optimize a lot of stuff to get our website's performance to be sub-5s. (I haven't worked with WordPress in years, so I can't comment on its current state, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is still a thing.)