> If I wanted to do that on my hypothetical WordPress site, I'd be out of luck.
Well, they are working on a new feature that will (hopefully) change that. It's called Full Site Editing (FSE), and will basically transform the WordPress editor into a complete website builder that, considering the WordPress's market share, may become a thing. It's arriving next year. Ref: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/20791
You can easily export your website to a free static hosting using with a free plugin, after creating it on your desktop computer. No online PHP hosting required.
An average user can do this, for sure. But, yea, some sort of instruction is necessary, as it is not something that the platform itself offers by default.
For example: the user needs to be aware of this possibility to begin with and also need to know which plugin to install, even it isn't difficult to work with.
In addition, as the site will no longer be dynamic, some adjustments must be made, such as disabling comments - or adding an alternative like Disqus.
Well, they are working on a new feature that will (hopefully) change that. It's called Full Site Editing (FSE), and will basically transform the WordPress editor into a complete website builder that, considering the WordPress's market share, may become a thing. It's arriving next year. Ref: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/20791