Why is Wordpress on a VPS a nightmare? You install nginx, php-fpm, mysql, enable unattended upgrades in Ubuntu, create a new user for Wordpress, run it, enable automatic updates, done.
It's a blog. It doesn't need to be bulletproof or run on a cluster.
It's a blog. It doesn't need to be bulletproof or run on a cluster.
(Of course, the hip choice is Ghost.)