The WordPress Static Site Generator
The complete self-hosted
Static WordPress plugin
Simply Static Pro gives you the full Static WordPress workflow inside your own WordPress installation: static generation, smart updates, deployment, forms, search, comments, optimization, automation, and developer tools.
Turn WordPress into a static site generator without moving to a hosted platform.
Not a hosted platform.
Not a cache plugin.
There are a few ways to make WordPress faster and safer – pick the right one for your use case.
Add a caching plugin
Good for improving dynamic WordPress performance.
But visitors still hit WordPress, and your site still depends on PHP, plugins, the database, and runtime availability.
Hosted Static WordPress platform
Good if you want everything managed for you.
But your workflow moves into someone else’s platform, and your infrastructure decisions are no longer fully yours.
Basic Exporter
Good for simple exports and one-off projects.
But production teams need smart updates, forms, search, comments, deployment, automation, integrations, and a way to keep WordPress private.
Simply Static Pro
Static WordPress without giving up control.
Generate, update, deploy, optimize, automate, and manage a static WordPress site from inside your own WordPress installation.
WordPress as your CMS.
Static files as your public site.
Simply Static Pro keeps the editing experience you already know and removes WordPress from the public frontend.
Keep WordPress private
Run WordPress on your own server, a staging domain, a private subdomain, behind Basic Auth, or locally.
Your editors still use WordPress.
Your visitors do not need to touch it.
Generate the static version
Simply Static Pro crawls your site, collects pages and assets, rewrites URLs, processes integrations, optimizes output, and prepares the static version.
You won’t need any other security or performance plugins.
Deploy to your infrastructure
Push the static site to GitHub, AWS S3, BunnyCDN, an SFTP server, or a Git-based deployment workflow.
Make the process straightforward or build complex infrastructure pipelines with CI/CD workflows – it’s completely up to you.
Serve the static site
Visitors receive static HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and assets.
No public WordPress runtime.
No public database.
No public plugin attack surface.
Your infrastructure should not decide
whether you can use Static WordPress.
Own the origin.
Own the build.
Own the deployment.
Static WordPress should not require giving up control of WordPress.
With Simply Static Pro, you decide where WordPress lives, how the static site is generated, and where the finished files are deployed.
Own the origin
Keep WordPress on infrastructure you control.
Run it publicly, privately, locally, on staging, or behind Basic Auth.
Own the build
Generate a static site from your WordPress site.
Control what gets crawled, included, excluded, optimized, rewritten, and deployed.
Own the deployment
Publish to your own static hosting stack.
Use GitHub, AWS S3, BunnyCDN, SFTP, local exports, ZIP files, or your preferred Git-based workflow.
Own the workflow
Let editors update content, developers automate exports, and agencies standardize repeatable client deployments.
Without locking the entire process into a hosted platform.
Deploy static WordPress anywhere
Simply Static Pro is built for teams that already have an infrastructure opinion.
GitHub
Push your static site into a GitHub repository and keep every deployment under version control.
Use GitHub directly, or connect your repository to Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, GitHub Pages, Kinsta Static Site Hosting, Vercel, or your own CI/CD pipeline.
Best for developer workflows, versioned deployments, Git-based hosting, and reviewable changes.
AWS S3
Deploy directly to an S3 bucket and pair it with CloudFront for a scalable static hosting setup.
Use AWS if you already live in the AWS ecosystem or want full control over storage, CDN, permissions, and cache invalidation.
Best for enterprise setups, serious production hosting, and infrastructure teams.
BunnyCDN
Push your static site to BunnyCDN for fast, global delivery without managing a traditional web server.
Best for teams that want excellent static performance with a straightforward CDN workflow.
SFTP
Deploy static files directly to your own server over SFTP.
Use password or private-key authentication and keep hosting on your own hardware, VPS, or client infrastructure.
Best for: Existing hosting setups and client-owned servers.
Update your static site
without rebuilding everything
Static sites should be simple to serve — not painful to update.
After your first full push, Simply Static Pro offers faster ways to publish changes without regenerating the entire website each time.
Full Push
Generate and deploy the entire site.
Use this for your first deployment, major structural changes, or full rebuilds.
Our smart background processing engine ensures successful runs even on large websites.
Changes Only
Update Pages and files that have changed since the last push.
Simply Static Pro tracks changes and lets you push what is actually new, instead of sending the entire site again.
Best for larger sites, busy blogs, and regular updates.
Single Push
Publish one page or post directly from the editor.
Fix a typo, update a landing page, change a blog post, or publish a new page without running a full export.
Auto Push
Automatically push when content is published or updated.
Let editors work inside WordPress while Simply Static Pro handles the static update in the background.
Builds
Create reusable groups of URLs, files, and directories that can be pushed with one click.
Use Builds for campaign pages, documentation sections, landing page groups, microsites, client-specific workflows, or repeatable publishing tasks.
Related Pages
When you update a page or post, Simply Static Pro can also refresh related content, including the homepage, archives, pagination, taxonomies, and XML sitemaps.
Your static site stays connected even when you push only a single piece of content.
Publish like WordPress.
Serve like static.
Keep using forms
on your static site
Static sites are great until someone asks: What about forms?
Simply Static Pro gives you a static-friendly form workflow that works with the WordPress form plugin you already use.
Automatic form detection
Turn on forms, run a push, and Simply Static Pro will automatically detect forms on your site.
It creates the matching form connections for you, including the form type, plugin, and form ID.
Store submissions inside WordPress
Use the internal Simply Static webhook to send form submissions back to WordPress and store them as entries.
Your public site stays static.
Your team still reads submissions in WordPress.
Send forms to external services
Prefer a dedicated form backend or automation workflow?
It’s up to you; our integration works with whatever you need.
Point submissions to an external webhook service like Zapier, Make, Formspree, or your own endpoint.
Embed live forms when needed
For complex forms with advanced integrations or automation, embed the live form inside the static page.
Use static forms where possible, and embedded forms where the project requires full dynamic behavior.
Protect forms from spam
Add Cloudflare Turnstile or Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect form submissions and comments.
Set up once and protect all your forms at the same time.
Supported form plugins
Simply Static Pro works with major WordPress form plugins, including: Contact Form 7, Elementor Forms, Bricks Forms, Gravity Forms. Fluent Forms, WPForms, WS Form, Kadence Forms, Forminator, and Ninja Forms
Static WordPress
can still convert visitors.
Works with the WordPress
stack you already use
Real WordPress sites are not just pages and posts.
They use page builders, SEO plugins, search, redirects, multilingual plugins, cookie tools, custom post types, structured content, and complex asset pipelines.
Simply Static Pro is built around that reality.
You can keep using WordPress as your CMS and still publish the public site as static files.
Elementor
Build with Elementor and publish the result as a static site.
Simply Static Pro exports Elementor and Elementor Pro assets correctly, includes the files your design depends on, and lets you push the current page directly from the Elementor editor.
Divi
Simply Static Pro includes Divi support to make sure cached styling, generated assets, and frontend files are included in the static version of your site.
Your Divi pages can keep the design workflow your team knows while serving visitors static files.
Search
Static WordPress does not mean giving up search.
Whether you want to go with the self-hosted Fuse.js solution or the hosted search from Algolia, we handle both.
You can configure what gets indexed, how results are displayed, which selectors are used, how excerpts work, and how fields are weighted.
SEO
Keep your SEO workflow inside WordPress.
Simply Static Pro supports popular SEO plugins, including Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, and SEOPress.
Metadata, canonical URLs, schema, XML sitemaps, Open Graph tags, and plugin-generated SEO files can be carried into the static version.
Multilingual sites
Run multilingual static WordPress sites with WPML support.
Simply Static Pro can handle multilingual exports, language-aware URLs, and search behavior that matches the visitor’s language.
Redirection
Preserve important redirects when publishing your site as static files.
This is especially useful when migrating an existing WordPress site to a static site without breaking URLs.
Search & Filter
Build static-friendly filtering experiences with Search & Filter Pro.
Ideal for directories, resource libraries, documentation collections, filtered blog archives, and content sites.
Complianz
Keep cookie and consent workflows working correctly in your static output.
Useful for sites that need consent banners, legal pages, and compliance-related frontend behavior.
Built for teams that ship
websites professionally
Simply Static Pro is not just an export button.
It includes the workflow tools agencies, developers, and internal teams need to run Static WordPress in production.
Command Center
Run Simply Static tasks from the WordPress admin bar.
Start a Full Push, push changes, push the current page, open the Activity Log, download logs, check diagnostics, and manage form submissions without digging through settings screens.
Environments
Save multiple Simply Static configurations and switch between them.
Create separate setups for staging and production, each with its own deployment target, forms, search, optimization, and workflow settings.
User Access Management
Control who can access each Simply Static.
Let editors publish content and monitor push progress while keeping deployment credentials and advanced settings locked to administrators.
WP-CLI
Automate Simply Static Pro from the command line.
Activate licenses, run full pushes, trigger Single Push, run Builds, push updates, manage includes and excludes, manage forms, update options, and import/export settings.
Multisite
Configure each subsite individually and manage static exports from the network level.
Use the built-in queue system to process multisite exports reliably and avoid conflicting jobs.
Constants
Define deployment credentials and external services in wp-config.php instead of entering them manually in the UI.
Useful for client workflows, versioned infrastructure, deployment automation, and secure configuration.
Give editors a WordPress workflow.
Give developers infrastructure control.
Faster by architecture.
Safer by design.
Visitors receive static files instead of hitting WordPress, PHP, plugins, and the database on every request.
That means fewer runtime dependencies, fewer public moving parts, and a frontend that is easier to cache, scale, secure, and move.
Optimize Output
- Minify & Aggregate CSS and JavaScript.
- Defer & Delay CSS & JavaScript
- Optimize Google Fonts.
- Version assets for cache busting.
- Optimize images with ShortPixel.
Hide WordPress
- Rename wp-content, uploads, plugins, themes, and theme stylesheet paths.
- Remove WordPress generator tags and version output.
- Disable XML-RPC, emoji scripts, embed scripts, WLW manifests, and other frontend output that static sites do not need.
Protect Origin
- Put WordPress behind Basic Auth with one click.
- Simply Static Pro automatically whitelists its own requests, so pushes continue to work while WordPress stays protected.
- Your editors can still log in, and your static site can still be deployed.
Perfect for content-driven WordPress sites
Simply Static Pro is built for sites where
WordPress is the CMS, not the runtime application.
Agency client sites
Build client sites in WordPress, publish static versions, reduce maintenance, and keep the infrastructure flexible.
SaaS marketing sites
Use WordPress for landing pages, content, and blogs while serving the public site from a static host or CDN.
Documentation sites
Publish fast, searchable, static documentation while keeping the editing workflow inside WordPress.
Security-sensitive sites
Keep WordPress private and serve the public site as static files to reduce the attack surface.
Multilingual marketing sites
Use WPML, Polylang, or TranslatePress, and a static-friendly multilingual search, to publish fast, global websites.
Legacy WordPress sites
Turn old WordPress sites into static archives or public websites without rebuilding everything from scratch.
Simply Static Pro is not the right fit
for every WordPress project.
If your site depends on real-time carts, logged-in dashboards, memberships, LMS functionality, account areas, or plugin-heavy frontend interactions, a fully static architecture doesn’t fit.
Predictable pricing and full self-hosted workflow
All features included, no upsells, no add-ons, no platform lock-in – pick the number of sites and you’re good to go.
Simply Static Pro
$129
per year/site
For one self-hosted Static WordPress site.
- 3 sites – $199 per year
- 25 sites – $299 per year
- Unlimited sites – $399 per year
Already on Studio?
Pro features are included – no need to purchase separately.
Quick Push (Single + Update)
Forms (+ store submissions in WP)
Search (Fuse.js & Algolia)
CSS, JS, HTML minification
Image Optimization (Shortpixel API)
One-click Basic Auth
WP-CLI and Multisite
Multilingual (WPML/Polylang/TranslatePress)
Push to SFTP, GitHub, AWS S3, BunnyCDN
Hide WordPress (Rewrite Paths, Disable Bloat)
Frequently asked
Simply Static is not about abandoning WordPress. It is about using WordPress where it is strongest and removing it where it creates risk, cost, and complexity.
Is Simply Static Pro a hosted service?
No.
Simply Static Pro is a WordPress plugin. It runs inside your WordPress installation and lets you generate and deploy a static version of your site to infrastructure you control.
If you want managed infrastructure instead, use Simply Static Studio.
What makes Simply Static Pro different from hosted Static WordPress platforms?
Hosted platforms provide Static WordPress, but the workflow runs on their infrastructure.
Simply Static Pro is built for teams that want to self-host the workflow. You control WordPress, the build process, deployment targets, credentials, and infrastructure.
Is this different from a caching plugin?
Yes.
Caching plugins can make dynamic WordPress faster, but WordPress is still part of the public request path.
Simply Static Pro generates static files and lets you serve those files publicly instead of serving WordPress to visitors.
Can I keep using WordPress as the CMS?
Yes.
Your team can keep using WordPress to edit pages, publish posts, manage media, configure SEO, use page builders, and manage content.
Simply Static Pro handles the static publishing workflow.
Can I run WordPress locally?
Yes.
You can run WordPress locally, on staging, privately, or behind Basic Auth, then publish the static output to production.
Can I keep using forms?
Yes.
Simply Static Pro supports static-friendly forms with automatic form detection, internal webhooks, external webhooks, embedded forms, stored form entries, and captcha protection.
Simply Static Pro supports major WordPress form plugins, including Contact Form 7, Elementor Forms, Bricks Forms, Gravity Forms, Fluent Forms, WPForms, WS Form, Kadence Forms, Forminator, and Ninja Forms.
Can I keep search?
Yes.
Use Fuse.js for browser-based static search or Algolia for hosted search.
Simply Static Pro can build the search index during a push and include it in your static site.
Does it work with Elementor?
Yes.
Simply Static Pro includes Elementor integration for Elementor assets and Elementor Pro widgets, a static search widget, and the ability to push the current page directly from the Elementor editor.
Does it work with SEO plugins?
Yes.
Simply Static Pro supports common SEO plugins, including Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, and SEOPress.
Does it support multilingual sites?
Yes.
Simply Static Pro supports multilingual Static WordPress workflows, including WPML support and multilingual search behavior.
Can editors publish changes?
Yes.
With User Access Management, you can let editors push content and monitor progress while keeping deployment settings and credentials restricted to administrators.
Can developers automate it?
Yes.
Simply Static Pro supports WP-CLI, constants, hooks, filters, scheduled exports, import/export settings, multisite workflows, and custom crawler extensions.
Is this good for WooCommerce, memberships, LMS, or logged-in apps?
No.
Simply Static Pro is best for content-driven WordPress sites: marketing sites, blogs, documentation, landing pages, multilingual sites, agency sites, portfolios, security-sensitive sites, and legacy sites.
If your site depends on carts, checkouts, logged-in dashboards, memberships, LMS functionality, or real-time dynamic behavior, use dynamic WordPress.
Can I move back to dynamic WordPress later?
Yes.
Simply Static Pro does not replace your WordPress site. WordPress remains your source site. The public static site is generated from it.