Simply Static Pro

Publish WordPress as a static website

Simply Static Pro and Simply Static Studio are paid plans for turning WordPress sites into static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript documents. The static version is intended for public, content-driven websites such as blogs, marketing websites, documentation, portfolios, company websites, product launch pages, and event sites.

The conversion process separates the WordPress site used for content management from the static site visitors see. The free plugin can generate a static site and export it as a ZIP file or to a local directory. Pro and Studio add advanced deployment, automation, and publishing capabilities for customers who need more than a basic export.

Simply Static Pro

Simply Static Pro is aimed at developers, agencies, and technical users who want control over their own infrastructure. It is listed at $99 per year per site and can deploy static sites to GitHub, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, AWS S3, BunnyCDN, and SFTP.

Pro works with incremental exports, which update only changed pages, as well as single-page exports for quicker publishing. WP-CLI support enables command-line automation. The plan also includes forms integration for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WPForms, and Fluent Forms.

Additional Pro capabilities include static-friendly search using Fuse.js or Algolia, multilingual support for WPML, Polylang, and TranslatePress, minification, picture optimization, comments integration, and email support. These tools suit agencies managing client sites, developers self-hosting projects, and teams that want to pick their own deployment destination.

Simply Static Studio

Simply Static Studio is positioned for businesses and content creators who prefer a managed service. It is listed at $19 per month per site and combines the capabilities from Pro with fully managed WordPress hosting and static site hosting on a global CDN with 120 or more locations.

Studio includes automated backups, SSL certificates, one-click WordPress login, free white-glove migration, team management, access control, pre-configured settings, and priority support. It is presented for businesses running one to five websites, content creators who want a simpler workflow, and users who value managed convenience over infrastructure control. A 14-day free trial is also listed.

Important suitability considerations

Static publishing is intended for public content and is not suited to sites that depend on e-commerce, membership areas, user authentication, real-time data, heavy AJAX functionality, or shopping carts. WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, membership extensions, and login-required content are listed among the examples that do not work as standard static features.

With Pro or Studio, forms, search, comments, and newsletter signups through external services are supported settings. Compatibility should be checked for specific add-ons before choosing a plan.

Installation and publishing workflow

Install Simply Static on the WordPress site used to manage content, generate the static output, and choose either a ZIP export, local directory, or a Pro or Studio deployment destination. Configure URL replacement and the relevant forms, search, multilingual, or optimization options, then publish the generated files to the selected hosting or CDN service.