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. When you publish or update a post, Static Porter quietly regenerates that post, your homepage, and its category and tag archives in the background, without slowing down the editor. Unpublish, trash, or rename a post and its old static file is removed automatically, so visitors never get served a page that no longer exists.

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.).
Tells you what won’t work before you crawl: A built-in Compatibility check tests your real site for blocked crawling, plain permalinks, form and shop plugins, and pages that contain forms or checkout content, and can add the right exclusions for you.
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 regenerates that page, your homepage, and its archives in the background. Unpublished, trashed, and renamed posts have their old files removed.
* Crawl Health Report: After every crawl, see exactly how many pages were cached and which failed, with the reason for each (timeout, HTTP 500, HTTP 403) and one-click Retry. Error pages are never saved as static files.
* Orphan File Cleanup: Finds static files whose source page was deleted, unpublished, renamed, or excluded, explains why, and removes them manually or automatically after each crawl.
* Advanced Optimization: Built-in HTML minification and Gzip compression.
* Security & Caching: Automatically configures .htaccess with security headers and browser caching rules.
* NGINX Support: Detects NGINX and generates the exact server rule your site needs, with a copy button. The Dashboard status is honest about whether pages are actually being served.

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.
* Compatibility Check: A dedicated tab that scans your site before the first crawl and flags anything that behaves differently as static pages, with a one-click button to add suggested exclusions.
* 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.