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Another update was released for Static Studio today, including a couple of updates and bug fixes, but mostly to streamline your Static WordPress journey with more automation.
Walkthrough
Instead of only publishing the article with text and a couple of screenshots, this time, you can also watch the video where I go over all the changes:
Bug Fixes
This one is relatively quick:
- Running exports from the dashboard are now progressing in real-time
- Our domain connector now supports all kinds of subdomains, not only WWW
Static WordPress that just works, with Static Studio.
More Automation
Time is always precious, and we strive to make the process of running a Static WordPress setup as smooth as possible.
This time, we focused on making things faster and more automated by doing three things:
Auto-Switch to Export Changes
We noticed that many users were unaware of the fact that we support different export modes and run full exports for even the most minor changes – that is not necessary!
In Simply Static -> Generate, you have the option to select different export modes:
Export
This is what most of you already know – it runs a full export of your entire website and pushes it to our CDN.
Export Changes
This is what should be used after you finish your initial export. Why? Well, it’s faster, a lot faster.
We keep track of all the files and pages inside our custom database table and store a file hash (a unique string representing the file content).
Once you run an “Export Changes” export, we will compare all pages/files we’ve found with the existing versions in the database and only push what has changed – smart, hm?
We have made it the default selection now, so you don’t have to remember it; it’s just there when you need it.
Auto-Push media files
We have automated the export process for files you upload to the media library.
Each time you upload a new image, video, PDF (or whatever else you might want to upload), we automatically push it to our CDN: no more missing files, faster exports, and one less thing to worry about.
Auto-Single-Exports
Some of you might have noticed the meta box when editing posts, pages, or any CPT, which allows you to push the current post to your static site quickly:
This is now entirely optional.
Simply hit “Save” in your editor of choice (yes, it also works with Elementor), and we will schedule a single export containing all your changes, performing it with a short delay (30 seconds).
Why the delay?
Well, let’s say you found a typo after hitting save. It’s pretty neat to have some time to make quick changes before the post goes live, no?
What’s next?
We continue the journey of building our own migration plugin, but that’s not everything.
I’ve just recorded a series of videos that we will soon publish on our YouTube channel – think of a “Studio Crashcourse”.
We are also working on case studies to showcase amazing websites that are already using Studio to solve their performance, security, and maintenance issues.
Have a great week,
Patrick
Static WordPress that just works, with Static Studio.
