Convert WordPress to static HTML. Boost performance 3-5x. Eliminate security vulnerabilities. Deploy anywhere.
As of April 2026, Simply Static is a WordPress jamstack plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 192 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.7M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 6% this week. Support resolution rate: 82%. Top alternative: WPGatsby.
Simply Static turns your WordPress site into secure, lightning-fast static HTML files.
Stop worrying about WordPress security patches, performance plugins, and expensive hosting.
Simply Static converts your entire WordPress site into static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files that load instantly and can’t be hacked.
Perfect for blogs, marketing sites, documentation, portfolios, and any content-driven WordPress site.
⚡ Blazing Fast Performance
Static sites load 3-5x faster than traditional WordPress. No database queries. No server-side processing. Just instant page loads from a global CDN.
🔒 Unhackable Security
No database. No login page. No PHP vulnerabilities. Static HTML can’t be hacked the way traditional WordPress can.
💰 Dramatically Lower Hosting Costs
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I just need something to generate my WordPress as a static site, and this works, though is still rather basic, but it is free, so no way I could complain.
I do wish there was a lower tier paid option for self-hosting admins. I don’t need to deploy anywhere, I don’t need algolia, I don’t need Forms, I don’t need Integrations, and probably don’t need other stuff available with the $99/year package.
I do need local search and would really like Optimize feature set and I do need a lower price, as $99/year for a personal project is too steep.
I had a technical issue after an update, but the developer responded very kindly and carefully, even though I am a Japanese user and English is not my first language.
Thanks to the detailed support, the problem was completely resolved.
I truly believe this is the number one plugin for generating HTML from WordPress.
Highly recommended!
Simply Static の開発者 Patrick さんの対応は、本当に誠実で信頼できるものでした。
私の環境で発生した問題に対して、何度も丁寧に切り分けと検証を行ってくれました。
海外プラグインは不安…という方もいると思いますが、
Patrick さんは最後まで一緒に解決してくれる開発者です。
Simply Static は、安心して使える信頼できるプラグインだと思います。
Simply Static is a genius product, able to create static exports of even the largest sites. The user interface is modern, clean, and intuitive. It’s also developer-friendly, with hooks and filters galore.
But it’s the support that is blowing my mind: responsive both in terms of responding to issues, but also getting improvements into the code and deployed. Above and beyond on all fronts. 💯
This plugin seems broken. I have a one page site and started an export job. It’s not done after 9 hours, and can’t start a new job because it just says “Not starting; we’re already in the middle of a job”.
I ran this plugin inside wplocal and it worked like a charm – great to be able to generate a static site!
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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