If you're lazy (like me) and still running a few (mostly static) WordPress sites, I can recommend Simply Static. Export the whole site/blog as static pages, and take away the security / maintenance hassle of running WP and PHP.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/

Simply Static – The Static Site Generator

Create a static website directly from your WordPress website with Simply Static.

WordPress.org

@jbaert A question for you - *where* are you hosting your static files?

I've deployed some static sites before to Netlify, and also to a simple S3 bucket. I've recently been learning more about Cloudflare Pages. (There are, of course, so many options.)

I have also used Shifter before - https://www.getshifter.io/ - which spins up WP in a Docker container when you want to update it.

(A similar services is https://www.hardypress.com/ )

Shifter: The Jamstack WordPress hosting platform.

Create or migrate WordPress sites in minutes that are scalable, secure from attacks, and 100% static with no security or caching plugins required.

Shifter
@danyork They're hosted on my own webspace, but their non-dynamic nature makes them easily cacheable by CDN. Most requests probably not even touching my server.
@danyork creator of that plugin recommends lando and localWP