Best static site generator plugins for WordPress
The most popular static site generator plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simply Static leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF (4K+) and WPGatsby (3K+). All 12 plugins tagged “static site generator” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 static site generator plugins
- 1.
Simply StaticThe most installed static site generator plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 195 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 2.
Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF4K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 51 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
WPGatsby3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 4.
Static Porter100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
QuantCDN100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
Static Snap30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Static Cache Wrangler10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Statixly10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.
StaticWeb DeployFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 10.
Aouwal Static Site ExportFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 days ago.
All 12 plugins tagged “static site generator”
Simply Static
Up in the last 7 days:8#916by Simply Static2 days ago
Convert WordPress to static HTML. Boost performance 3-5x. Eliminate security vulnerabilities. Deploy anywhere.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.5(195)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day
Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF
Down in the last 7 days:54#3,348by recorp4 months ago
Export WordPress pages, posts, and custom post types to clean static HTML or PDF files in one click. Create fast, secure static versions of your WordP …
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.8(51)
- Downloads
- 65/day
WPGatsby
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,031by lightstrike4 years ago
WPGatsby is a free open-source WordPress plugin that optimizes your WordPress site to work as a data source for Gatsby. This plugin must be used in c …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Static Porter
Up in the last 7 days:281#14,610by Kayıhan Turgutoğlu18 days ago
Convert WordPress to blazing-fast static HTML. Deploy to Cloudflare, AWS S3 + CloudFront, or download as ZIP. Safe for shared hosting.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
QuantCDN
Down in the last 7 days:576#16,611by stooit2 days ago
Publish a static copy of your WordPress site to the QuantCDN edge, keep it in sync automatically, purge the cache, and add Quant Search pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 44/day
Static Snap
#24,410by staticsnap1 year ago
Static Snap converts your WordPress site into a static website, boosting performance, security, scalability, and SEO.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Static Cache Wrangler
#30,080by derickschaefer2 months ago
Export your WordPress site as a static HTML website — fast, secure, and offline-ready with WP-CLI support.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Statixly
Up in the last 7 days:9,688#37,405by Anindya Sundar Mandal5 months ago
Convert your WordPress site into a blazing-fast, static HTML site and deploy anywhere — no PHP, no database, reduced attack surface in production.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
StaticWeb Deploy
Up in the last 7 days:8,560#52,792by StaticWeb.io3 days ago
Generate static sites for deployment as files or S3-compatible storage.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aouwal Static Site Export
Up in the last 7 days:10,621#56,113by Abdul Aouwal2 days ago
Turn WordPress into a fast static HTML site. Export pages, CSS, JS, images, fonts and sitemap.xml for Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages or Netlify.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Semple Sites Deploy
#58,467by Trize Inc.27 days ago
Turn WordPress into blazing-fast, unhackable static sites. 1-click export to clean ZIP or deploy globally to the Semple edge network.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Distan
Up in the last 7 days:1,675#66,052by youheiokubo1 month ago
Author in WordPress, deliver static HTML — built for handing over files, not a CMS. No database, and no deploy credentials, in the deliverable.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day