{"id":1202,"date":"2019-08-19T20:16:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personal.local\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2019-08-19T20:24:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:24:42","slug":"how-to-convert-a-wordpress-website-into-static-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/personal.local\/how-to-convert-a-wordpress-website-into-static-html\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert a WordPress Website into Static HTML"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"How to Convert a WordPress Website into Static HTML\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RXJ1KyCTBFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>My Video Tutorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is by far the most popular content management service in the world. It is easy to use, has a great community, and has a vast library of plugins for anything you need it to do. One of the drawbacks of WordPress, however, is that WordPress sites are dynamic. This means that every time a user visits your website, the server has to regenerate the HTML\/CSS\/JS files using PHP, which can greatly slow your site&#8217;s loading speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tutorial will go over how you can convert your WordPress website into a static site, or use WordPress as a static site generator. This allows for faster loading times, increased security, and free hosting on sites such as Github pages and Netlify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Install the Simply Static Plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Start by logging into your WordPress website through \/wp-admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the sidebar, click on the plugins button, then click on Add New. Search for &#8220;Simply Static&#8221; and press enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the install button. After it installs, click on the Activate button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Using the Plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You should now have a new option on your sidebar &#8211; Simply Static. Click on it to open it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can change the default configuration under the settings tab, but the defaults should work fine for our purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the &#8220;Generate Static Files&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a period of time (which can vary greatly depending on the size of your website), a &#8220;Click here to download&#8221; button will appear. This link will download a zip file containing all of the static files for your website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is by far the most popular content management service in the world. It is easy to use, has a great community, and has a vast library of plugins for anything you need it to do. One of the drawbacks of WordPress, however, is that WordPress sites are dynamic. 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