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Forms
Contact Form 7
Contact Form 7 has direct integrationThe act of combining different systems, software, or functionalities to work together as a unified whole. within Simply Static. Use the form connection in Simply Static to send form submissions from your static website to your dynamic WordPress website or any external webhookA method of altering the behavior of a web page with custom callbacks. These are triggered by specific events, like push….
There are also a couple of Contact Form 7 add-ons that are compatible with Simply Static.
- Contact Form 7 Database Addon
- Contact Form 7 – Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload
- Contact Form 7 – Redirect
Gravity Forms
Gravity Forms has direct integration with Simply Static. Use the form connection in Simply Static to send form submissions from your static website to your dynamic WordPress website or any external webhook.
There are also a couple of Gravity Forms add-ons that are compatible with Simply Static.
FluentForms
FluentForms does not directly integrate with Simply Static as they rely on AjaxA technique for updating parts of a web page without refreshing the whole page. It allows for faster and more interactiv… which isn’t available on your static website. They still suggested a good solution to use FluentForms on your static website: by embedding it within an iFrame. Simply Static does not overwrite an iframe’s source, making it easy to embed parts of your WordPress website on your static website.
Elementor Forms
Elementor Forms does not directly integrate with Simply Static as they rely on Ajax which isn’t available on your static website. They still suggested a good solution to use Elementor Forms on your static website: by embedding it within an iFrame. Simply Static does not overwrite an iframe’s source, making it easy to embed parts of your WordPress website on your static website.
Hubspot Forms
Hubspot Forms works out of the box with Simply Static. You don’t even need to set up a form connection in Simply Static to use forms from your Hubspot account.
GDPR
Cookie Yes
The CookieYes GPDR Cookie Consent pluginA piece of software that adds specific features to WordPress. is the only WordPress plugin for GPDR consent on a static WordPress website. The platform also supports the automatic script blocker for Youtube, Vimeo, and Google Maps.
Multilingual
WPML
Simply Static is closely integrated with WPML. You can translate all settings, do exports per language, and more. It also supports the language switcher and IP-based redirects in the frontend of your website.
Polylang
Similar to WPML, the integration is pretty close between Simply Static and Polylang.
TranslatePress
Similar to WPML, the integration is pretty close between Simply Static and TranslatePress.
Newsletter
Newsletter Glue
Create and send your newsletter from your secured WordPress installation with Newsletter Glue. It allows you to create newsletters with the block editor and send them through a service of your choice.
Mailpoet
Create and send your newsletter from your secured WordPress installation with MailPoet. It allows you to create your newsletters with the block editor and send them directly from your website via SMTP (or their Cloud Service).
Performance
PerfMatters
A handy little plugin with a powerful selection of features to improve the performance of your static WordPress website. Combine and minify scripts, disable scripts and styles on a per-page basis, and more.
imagify
One of the best image compression plugins for WordPress. It optimizes your images on the fly, you have a bulk optimization tool, and you can deliver your images via WEBP format.
SEO
RankMath
Rank Math is another popular SEO plugin for WordPress. Your static WordPress website completely supports it. Use meta tags, and the XML-Sitemap generator to optimize your link structure with it.
YoastSEO
Yoast SEO is the most popular SEO plugin for WordPress. Your static WordPress website completely supports it. Use meta tags, and the XML-Sitemap generator and optimize your link structure with it.
GA Google Analytics
A simple and effective plugin to add Google Analytics to your static WordPress website. While you can also use any other way to integrate Google Analytics, this plugin is straightforward.
Utility
Redirection
Redirection is the most popular plugin for setting up redirects on your website. Simply Static will automatically convert them to handle 301 redirects on your static website for you. It’s free and has over 2 million downloads.
Advanced Custom Fields
The de-facto tool to set up custom fields in WordPress. Use this plugin without any limitations on your static website. Build custom templates, show additional metadata in your posts, and more.
Tawk.to
The easiest plugin to add a chat widget to your static WordPress website. Create an account, connect it with the plugin, modify the style, and you are ready to go.