Less maintaining. More creating.
A static site isn't vulnerable to out of date plugins or themes
Install the plugin
Less than 1MB to download.
Configure once
Use the defaults or set advanced options
Unlimited deploys
Update your staging and production sites daily
"Perfect solution for your #JAMstack needs"
Long story short, #JAMstack was looking bright and shiny and WP Static Site Generator is the reference for static publishing on WP. Hands down.
I've been using for 6+ months and it's working without any major problems. Add to that the author's incredible availability and will to listen and steer the development to cater for to the community's needs while serving new ideas and incredible out-of-the-box thinking, and you've got a winner!
Unparalleled security
Stop exposing your WordPress server to the public. Host locally or privately, only deploying a secure version of your site to the public.
Your content, on the edge
Other methods can optimize your site to run faster. Only going static gives you the option to get your whole site distributed globally, so users from any country get the fastest possible pageloads
Say goodbye to hosting costs
A $5/month VPS can handle the biggest traffic spikes with a static site. You can even choose from free, globally distributed static site hosts.
Faster than caching plugins
No such thing as a cache miss. Caching plugins are a band-aid solution to WordPress performance issues. Time to rip it off and fix them for good.
Keep selling
Whilst WooCommerce doesn't play nice with static sites, Snipcart is a platform-independent, modern eCommerce solution that works great.
Rank higher
Compatible with all Yoast and other SEO plugins. Google also prefers fast-loading sites that don't have a history of being hacked / infected with malware
Environmentally responsible
More than 70 billion KiloWatt hours a year are used to power the internet. With WordPress running 30% of websites, it's time we get efficient.
Local speeds, globally
Only a fully static website can easily be replicated around the world, so that users in Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Paris, for example, are all being served your website at local speeds.
Simplified WP devops
Your global content team can keep collaborating and you can deploy a snapshot of the site via git and your CI/CD tooling. WordPress has never been so manageable for large companies.
Continued development
Not a fly-by-night operation, WP2Static has been around for 8 years and is now the fulltime project of Leon Stafford. Soon to be incorporated into a European company.
Contact forms simplified
With 3rd party free plugins, your Contact Form 7 or other contact form works seamlessly with your secure, fast static site.
First class support from developer
Leon values support and believes in being close to the customer. Your support questions are often answered within 30 mins of asking. 24 hr response time can be expected via email, GitHub, forum or Slack.
Some words from the creator, Leon Stafford
Thanks for making the right choice to go static. I believe that 98% of WordPress sites should be hosted statically. I created this plugin in 2011, when I was doing WordPress consulting for clients. I moved away from WordPress and into larger custom web development frameworks. Unfortunately, this allowed WordPress hosting to get out of control, with high prices and low performance being common place.
I have been modernizing WP2Static in recent years, because the solution to WordPress’s security and performance problems is now more important than ever. See the resources below to hear other reasons I think static will make the web a better place.
WordCamp Talks
“Hosting WordPress for free (at insane speeds)” – this presentation gave an end-to-end example of hosting WordPress on Netlify. Video coming soon. Slides available here.
Podcasts / Interviews
WP2Static Core
Allows use on unlimited sites- Host your static site fast and securely
- Add-on premium features you need
- Unlimited sites
- WP-CLI integration
- Lock-down your WP admin
- Strip traces of WordPress
- Support via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
1-click install within WordPress's dashboard
Lifetime Bundle
All current & future add-ons- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
- Includes all current and future add-ons
- All WP2Static Core features
- Included add-ons
- Amazon S3 w/ CloudFront
$100 - Bitbucket
$100 - BunnyCDN
$100 - FTP
$100 - GitHub
$100 - GitLab
$100 - Microsoft Azure
$100mid-March - Netlify
$100
30-day money-back guarantee
Maximize results with professional Add-ons
Add-on: Netlify
Deploy to their super fast global network- Host your static site fast and securely
- Add custom redirect rules
- Add custom headers
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: Amazon S3
S3 Buckets + CloudFront invalidation- Host your static site fast and securely
- Send invalidation request post-deploy
- Send only changed files between runs
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: GitHub
For GitHub Pages or custom workflows- Host your static site fast and securely
- Leverage free GitHub Pages hosting
- Send only changed files between runs
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: Bitbucket
Great for Atlassian teams- Host your static site fast and securely
- Use Bitbucket's static site hosting
- Send only changed files between runs
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: BunnyCDN
Specialist CDN increasing datacenters- Host your static site fast and securely
- Send invalidation request post-deploy
- Send only changed files between runs
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: GitLab
Plug into your CI/CD workflow- Host your static site fast and securely
- Leverage free GitLab Pages hosting
- Send only changed files between runs
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: FTP
Deploy to any server you have FTP access to- Host your static site fast and securely
- No need for any 3rd party APIs
- Send only changed files between runs
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
Add-on: Azure Storage Deploys
Pre-order for mid-March 2019 delivery- Stay within your Azure stack
- Get development builds before release
- Deploy changed files only
- WP-CLI integration
- Direct support from the plugin author via email, forums, GitHub or Slack
- First-time setup assistance
30-day money-back guarantee
Private training
WP -> static site workshop for you/your developers- Subject matter expertise from WP2Static's developer, Leon Stafford
- Use your existing site(s)
- Best practices and optimizations
- Troubleshooting common issues
- Continued priority support
- Discount on Lifetime Bundle
Other payment methods
Not listed below? Email help@wp2static.com to discuss bank transfer, PayPal, crypto, TransferWise or other payment methods.
Pre-Sales Question
Get a response back within 24 hrs to any questions about how to best optimise your WordPress site by going static
WP2Static is produced by Leon Stafford. Not liking to track you with any scripts, the only external scripts in use on this site are from Snipcart, our static site eCommerce tool of choice. All our software is under The Unlicense, giving complete freedom for you to do what you want with it. The plugin code is all open source. WP2Static core source code is publicly available. The add-ons and premium code are open source, but not made publicly available.