Static Porter
Convert WordPress to blazing-fast static HTML. Deploy to Cloudflare, AWS S3 + CloudFront, or download as ZIP. Safe for shared hosting.
Solid choice
Static Porter is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 90+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 week ago, and scores 67/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 1 week ago
- Small user base (90+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Static Porter stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| amazon s3 | #43 |
| cdn | >100 |
| cloudflare | >100 |
| performance | >100 |
| static site generator | #7 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Static Porter
From the official readme · v4.1.0Description
Static Porter turns your WordPress site into pre-built HTML files, so visitors get instant page loads without your server ever touching PHP or a database.
Most caching plugins just speed up WordPress. Static Porter goes further: it generates a real, physical copy of your site that can be served on its own — from your own server via Apache, from Cloudflare’s global edge network, from an AWS S3 bucket behind CloudFront, or as a downloadable ZIP you can host anywhere. Your live WordPress site stays completely private and secure behind the scenes; only the static HTML is ever exposed to visitors.
Built with shared and budget hosting in mind: a live “Peak Memory” monitor, a one-click “Stop Crawl” safety switch, and sensible defaults mean you’re never one crawl away from taking your server down.
Automated Maintenance (Smart Refresh)
Never worry about stale content. Static Porter watches your ‘Publish’ button. When you post, we instantly regenerate just that post and your homepage — keeping your site fast and fresh without you lifting a finger.
Why choose Static Porter?
- Deploy anywhere: Not locked into one platform. Serve statically from your own Apache server, push to Cloudflare Workers, upload to AWS S3 with automatic CloudFront cache invalidation, or export a portable ZIP — pick whichever fits your infrastructure.
- Built for real-world WordPress: Works with page builders, shortcodes, and JavaScript-driven widgets. A built-in Documentation tab explains exactly what works out of the box and what needs a small adjustment first (forms, WooCommerce checkout, etc.).
- Safe by default: Every feature that could meaningfully change your site’s output — Cloudflare deployment, S3 deployment, asset mirroring — is hidden until you explicitly turn it on. Nothing surprises you.
Key Features
Static generation & speed
* One-Click Full Crawl: Generate a static version of your entire site in one click.
* Server-Safe Crawling: A real-time “Peak Memory” monitor and an emergency “Stop Crawl” button, designed for budget shared hosting where resources are limited.
* Smart Refresh: Publishing or updating a post automatically regenerates just that page and your homepage — no manual recrawling for routine edits.
* Advanced Optimization: Built-in HTML minification and Gzip compression.
* Security & Caching: Automatically configures .htaccess with security headers and browser caching rules.
Deploy anywhere
* Cloudflare Deployment: Push your static files straight to a Cloudflare Worker, serving your site from Cloudflare’s global edge network. Hidden until you enable it.
* AWS S3 + CloudFront Deployment: Upload directly to an S3 bucket, with automatic CloudFront cache invalidation on every deploy. Hidden until you enable it.
* Asset Mirroring: Optionally copy your CSS, JavaScript, images, and fonts locally too, so a deployed or exported site works completely standalone — no dependency on your WordPress server staying online.
* Download as ZIP: Export your entire static site as a single ZIP file — perfect for local browsing, migrating hosts, or keeping an offline snapshot.
Visibility & control
* Persistent Cache Table: See every cached page with five independent actions per row: View, Recrawl, Copy URL, Exclude, and Delete — each with clear confirmation and feedback.
* File Storage Location: See exactly where your static HTML files live on disk, with a one-click “Copy path” button and a writable/not-writable status check.
* Built-in Documentation: A dedicated Documentation tab covers every feature — how it works, file locations, compatibility, deployment options, and FAQs — without ever leaving wp-admin.
Installation
- Upload the
static-porterfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to the ‘Static Porter’ menu in your sidebar.
- Configure your excluded paths and click ‘Start Full Crawl’.
Frequently asked questions
Will Static Porter really make my site faster?
Yes! Traditional WordPress pages require the server to process PHP and query a MySQL database every time a visitor arrives. Static Porter converts these into flat HTML files. Your server can then deliver these files instantly, bypassing the “heavy lifting” entirely. This often results in a nearly instant Time to First Byte (TTFB).
Will my URL structure or permalinks change?
No. This is one of the core strengths of Static Porter. The plugin generates a static mirror of your site that follows your existing WordPress permalink structure perfectly. Your visitors (and search engine bots) will continue to see the same clean URLs they always have, but the pages will simply load much faster.
Do I have to manually recrawl my site every time I write a post?
No. Static Porter includes a “Smart Refresh” feature. When you publish or update a post, the plugin automatically regenerates the static version of that specific post and your homepage. It’s a “set-and-forget” solution for active bloggers.
Can I use this on a low-resource budget server?
Absolutely. Static Porter is designed to be resource-efficient and includes a built-in “Peak Memory” monitor in the dashboard so you can track its impact. If the crawl is too heavy for your server, you can use the “Stop Crawl” safety button at any time to immediately halt the process.
Does this plugin improve my site’s security?
Yes. In addition to serving static files (which are inherently more secure than dynamic PHP), Static Porter automatically injects security headers into your .htaccess file. This includes protection against clickjacking (X-Frame-Options) and MIME-type sniffing (X-Content-Type-Options).
Will this help my Google search rankings (SEO)?
Speed is a major ranking factor for Google, especially with Core Web Vitals. By serving ultra-fast static HTML and enabling Gzip compression and browser caching automatically, your site will likely see improved performance scores, which can lead to better visibility in search results.
What happens if I want to remove a single page from the cache?
Unlike simple “purge all” plugins, Static Porter gives you a persistent cache table. You can view a list of every cached URL and use individual “Delete” or “Recrawl” buttons for precise control without affecting the rest of your static site.
Can I choose which parts of my site to make static?
Yes. The dashboard allows you to toggle the crawling of Posts, Pages, Categories, and Tags independently. You can also use the “Excluded Paths” box to prevent specific directories from ever being turned into static files.
How do I know if it’s working?
Enable the “HTML Attribution” setting. View your website’s source code, and you will see a comment at the top confirming the page is being served as static HTML.
Does this work with WooCommerce?
It is recommended to exclude checkout, cart, and account pages using the “Excluded Paths” setting to ensure dynamic functionality remains intact.
Can I deploy my static site to Cloudflare or AWS?
Yes. Both are optional, hidden-by-default features. Cloudflare deployment pushes your static files to a Cloudflare Worker, serving your site from Cloudflare’s global edge network. AWS S3 + CloudFront deployment uploads directly to your own S3 bucket, with automatic CloudFront cache invalidation on every deploy. Enable whichever fits your infrastructure from the dashboard settings.
Do I need my WordPress site to stay online after deploying to Cloudflare or S3?
By default, yes — only your HTML is deployed, so CSS, JavaScript, images, and fonts still load from your live WordPress site. Turn on Asset Mirroring if you want a fully standalone deployment that doesn’t depend on WordPress staying online.
What is Asset Mirroring?
An optional setting that copies your CSS, JavaScript, images, and fonts locally alongside your static HTML, instead of leaving them to load from your live WordPress site. It’s useful before deploying to Cloudflare, S3, or exporting a ZIP, since it makes the result fully self-contained. It’s off by default because it increases crawl time and disk usage.
Do I need a new sitemap.xml after using Static Porter?
No. Static Porter only crawls your posts, pages, categories, tags, and 404 page — it never generates or touches sitemap.xml itself. Since no static copy of your sitemap exists, the .htaccess rule finds nothing to serve for that path and simply passes the request through to WordPress as normal. Your existing sitemap (from Yoast, RankMath, or whichever SEO plugin you use) keeps generating itself dynamically and staying current, completely independent of Static Porter.
Does Asset Mirroring affect my sitemap or its image links?
No. Asset Mirroring only rewrites the src/href references inside your crawled static HTML pages, pointing them at locally mirrored copies of your CSS, JS, and images. It does not modify your sitemap file, and the live image URLs your sitemap already lists continue to work exactly as before on your WordPress server, whether or not mirroring is enabled.
Will using Static Porter affect my SEO rankings?
Static Porter’s main SEO benefit is indirect but real: faster page loads improve your Core Web Vitals, which is a direct Google ranking factor, and you get that automatically just from running a crawl — no extra configuration needed. Your URLs, permalinks, and sitemap are unaffected either way. Two things worth checking after your first crawl: Browse your site logged out (or in an incognito window), since that’s exactly what Googlebot sees. Confirm nothing looks broken or missing compared to the logged-in, dynamic version. Make sure anything duplicate, private, or irrelevant (like WooCommerce…
Changelog
Cloudflare deployment is now optional and hidden by default — enable it only if you need it. Added a much more thorough in-dashboard Documentation tab covering every feature of the plugin, plus a "New" badge and a dismissible callout pointing new users to it. Redesigned the Cached pages table with five separate row actions (View, Recrawl, Copy URL, Exclude, Delete) plus inline confirmation and feedback for each. Added optional AWS S3 + CloudFront deployment, alongside Cloudflare, both hidden until enabled. Added optional Asset Mirroring so deployed or exported sites can work fully standalone, without needing your WordPress site to stay online. The Download ZIP button is now disabled with a clear label until you've run at least one crawl.
4.1.0
- Redesign: Cloudflare deployment is no longer shown as an always-visible settings card. It now appears as a compact “Enable” card by default, and only expands into the full account ID / API token / worker name settings — and only shows the “Deploy to Cloudflare” button in the actions row — once you explicitly enable it. Existing Cloudflare credentials are preserved if you disable and later re-enable it.
- New: Added a Cloudflare-branded icon to the deployment card in place of the generic cloud icon.
- New: Added a “Documentation” tab directly on the plugin’s own dashboard page (next to “Dashboard”), covering how the plugin works step by step, exact file storage locations, a compatibility guide (shortcodes, forms, sliders, WooCommerce, NGINX), and frequently asked questions — no need to leave wp-admin to understand what the plugin does.
- Redesign: The Cached pages table’s single Delete/Recrawl toggle button has been replaced with five independent row actions: View (opens the generated static file directly), Recrawl (regenerates that page without deleting it first), Copy URL, Exclude (adds the page’s path to Excluded Paths and removes its static file in one step), and Delete. Delete now shows an inline “Delete this static file?” confirmation in place of the row instead of deleting immediately, Recrawl shows a spinning icon and briefly disables the row while it runs, and Copy/Exclude flash a green checkmark to confirm the action completed.
- Expanded: The Documentation tab now covers every feature in the plugin across nine sections — How it works, Crawling and content, Performance and output, File locations, Cached pages actions, Cloudflare deployment, Download ZIP, Compatibility, and FAQ — instead of the original four thin sections.
- New: Added a red “New” badge on the Documentation tab, and a dismissible callout banner on the Dashboard pointing new users to it. Both automatically stop showing once you’ve visited the Documentation tab at least once, or if you dismiss the banner directly.
- New: Added optional AWS S3 + CloudFront deployment. Enable it from a collapsed settings card (matching the Cloudflare card’s pattern, but visually distinct with an AWS-branded bucket icon and navy color treatment) to reveal fields for your AWS Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, S3 bucket name, region, and an optional CloudFront distribution ID. Deploying uploads your static files to S3 using hand-implemented AWS Signature Version 4 request signing (no AWS SDK dependency), and automatically invalidates your CloudFront cache afterward if a distribution ID is set.
- New: Added optional Asset Mirroring. When enabled, Static Porter downloads a local copy of every CSS, JavaScript, image, and font file a page references — including assets referenced inside CSS via url() and @import — and rewrites the page to point at those local copies. This makes ZIP exports and Cloudflare/S3 deployments fully standalone, no longer dependent on your WordPress site staying online to serve styling and images. A separate sub-option extends mirroring to external, third-party assets like Google Fonts. A warning banner appears near the deploy and download buttons whenever this is off and a deployment feature is active, so you know before you deploy rather than after.
- Fix: The “Download ZIP” button is now disabled and labeled “Crawl first to download as ZIP” until at least one page has been crawled, instead of being clickable and failing with an error afterward.
- Docs: Expanded the Documentation tab with two new sections, Asset Mirroring and S3 + CloudFront, and corrected the Cloudflare and Download ZIP sections to reflect that assets can now be included when Asset Mirroring is turned on.
- Docs: Added a new SEO section to the FAQ answering whether a new sitemap.xml is needed (no — Static Porter never touches it), whether Asset Mirroring affects sitemap image links (no), and what to check for SEO after using the plugin.
4.0.0
- New: Added a “File storage location” settings card showing the full server path and browser-accessible URL of the static file cache, a writable/not-writable status indicator, a one-click “Copy path” button, and a direct “Open in browser” link.
- New: Added a “Download ZIP” button that packages your entire static HTML output into a single ZIP file and triggers an automatic browser download. Useful for local site browsing, migrating to a different host, or sharing a snapshot of the static output. Requires PHP’s ZipArchive extension (available on all major hosts).
3.5.9
- New: Added a “Deploy to Cloudflare” option that uploads your generated static HTML files to a Cloudflare Worker, so they can be served entirely from Cloudflare’s global edge network. Configure your account ID, API token, and worker name in the new “Cloudflare deployment” settings card.
- Layout: Moved Start full crawl and Stop crawl next to Purge cache in the main action row, instead of the page header.
- Security: The Cloudflare API token field no longer echoes the saved token back into the page source; leave it blank to keep the existing value.
3.5.8
- Redesign: Rebuilt the dashboard with a clearer status header, grouped settings cards (Content to crawl, Excluded paths, Performance & caching, HTML attribution), and icon-labeled toggles in place of the old stacked gray boxes.
- No more page reloads: Replaced the post-crawl countdown/reload with a “Refresh stats” action that updates the coverage, requests-avoided, memory, and disk-size figures in place via AJAX, with no full page reload at all.
- Cached pages table: Added a live search box to filter cached URLs, and fixed a bug where the “Start full crawl” button could stay stuck on “Crawling…” after a natural completion.
3.5.7
- Bug Fix: Fixed an infinite reload loop on the dashboard after a crawl completed. The post-crawl countdown timer was never stopped, so once it reached zero it kept counting into negative numbers and repeatedly tried to reload the page, leaving the browser stuck refreshing with no way to stop it short of closing the tab. The countdown now stops itself after triggering a single, clean reload.
3.5.6
- UX Improvement: Dashboard now clearly indicates active/inactive status with a “reassurance” message for new users.
- Workflow: Removed automatic page reload after crawling to allow reading of statistics.
- Privacy: HTML attribution comment is now opt-in by default.
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Static Porter: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026
Is Static Porter free?
Yes. Static Porter is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Static Porter safe to use in 2026?
Static Porter is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 90+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 week ago, and scores 67/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Static Porter?
Static Porter is active on 90+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,686 times since it launched in January 2026. It was downloaded 341 times in the last 30 days.
Does Static Porter work with WordPress 7.1?
Static Porter is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.10, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Static Porter need?
Static Porter requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Static Porter last updated?
The latest version, 4.1.0, was released on October 1, 2026 (1 week ago).
Who makes Static Porter?
Static Porter is developed and maintained by Kayıhan Turgutoğlu.
What are the best alternatives to Static Porter?
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