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title: "WordCamp 2023 - Simply Static"
description: "This article should provide additional information regarding my talk on WordCamp Europe Athen 2023.You can also download the slides from my presentation here."
date: "2023-05-28T10:37:19+02:00"
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# WordCamp 2023

This article should provide additional information regarding my [talk](https://europe.wordcamp.org/2023/session/static-wordpress-a-quick-introduction-to-running-a-static-wordpress-website/) on WordCamp Europe Athen 2023.
You can also download the slides from my presentation [here](https://simplystatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Presentation-WCEU23-PPT.pptx).

As this is a lighting talk, there is not enough time to cover every aspect of using WordPress as a static site generator. Still, thankfully, I spent the last few months covering many of the topics mentioned in detail in my tutorials.

### How to use Simply Static

The first step mentioned is installing, activating, and using Simply Static. There isn’t a better space than the intensive documentation to get started: [Documentation](https://docs.simplystatic.com/)

### Where to host

In my talk, I mentioned several options to host your static website. I covered most of them within a tutorial, so feel free to learn more here:

- [Tiiny.host](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/zip-file-hosting-with-tiiny-host/)

- [BunnyCDN](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/host-static-website-bunnycdn/)

- [7 services for static site hosting](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/services-static-hosting/)

- [GitHub](https://docs.simplystatic.com/article/33-set-up-the-github-integration)

### How to use forms

Using forms on a static site might seem tricky at first, but there are several tools, plugins, and services out there to make it simple. I covered Contact Form 7 and Zapier in my talk, but there are a lot of alternatives available:

- [8 Tools to use forms on your static website](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/forms-on-a-static-site/)

- [Static Forms with IFTTT](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/ifttt-and-simply-static-pro/)

- [Static Forms with Zapier](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/what-is-zapier-and-how-can-you-use-it-with-simply-static-pro/)

- [Static Forms with iFrames (Elementor Forms)](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/iframe-static-website/)

### How to use search

Different ways to integrate a working search solution into your static WordPress website exist. In my talk, I covered Google [Custom Search Engine](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/search-static-site-with-google-cse/) as one of the simplest examples, but if you need something more customizable or powerful, check out the following tutorials:

- [How to use Google CSE on your static site](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/search-static-site-with-google-cse/)

- [5 Tools to use search on your static website](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/search-on-a-static-site/)

- [How to use Algolia on your static website](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/algolia-with-wordpress/)

- [Set up the search with Fuse.js](https://docs.simplystatic.com/article/95-set-up-fuse-js)

### Should I use static WordPress?

I mentioned a couple of benefits of using WordPress as a static site generator, but the first question is: Is it the right way for me? I collected a couple of tutorials that answer the question:

- [Static WordPress – a step-by-step guide](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/static-wordpress-a-website-guide/)

- [Why is my WordPress website slow?](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/why-is-my-wordpress-site-so-slow/)

- [HTML vs WordPress](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/html-vs-wordpress-website/)

- [WordPress or Static – which one is right for me?](https://simplystatic.com/tutorials/wordpress-or-static-website/)