WordPress is one of the leading CMSs (Content Management Systems) today and powers over 30% of the websites all across the globe. It is both flexible and easy to use. This becomes simplified when you even choose WordPress Hosting for your WordPress website. However, there are times when you as a website owner would want to return to the basic HTML version of your website. There can be many reasons for wanting to switch to the static HTML version such as slower website loading speed, or security concerns. Converting WordPress site to HTML can be quite a hassle. Nevertheless, no task is impossible. All it needs is time and patience to carry it out.
In this post, we’ll cover how to convert WordPress site to HTML without losing data in simple steps.
Need for WordPress site to HTML Conversion
One of the prime reasons for converting from WordPress to a static HTML site is the page load speed. With WordPress, the pages are dynamic in nature and every time a user loads the website, it has to generate pages dynamically. However, with a static website, this problem is eliminated because there is no dynamic content. This improves the site’s speed and stability.
Another aspect is that of security. With no dynamic data storage, there is nothing that an intruder can exploit and hack into. Also, a static website eliminates the use of a database to store its content and can be loaded faster.
Tools to Migrate from WordPress to HTML
One of the most common questions I have come across is, how can one convert WordPress websites to HTML. I do agree that to convert WordPress to HTML is a tricky business. Nevertheless, plugins make the work easier.
Let us cover some tools used to convert WP to HTML.
1.Simply Static
Simply Static is a static site generator developed by Code of Conduct LLC and is an open-source software. The main purpose of this plugin is to create a static site from your WordPress code. At the core, what this tool does is generate HTML copies of your WordPress website pages, thus your WordPress installation remains an entirely different entity from the static site.
2.WP Static HTML Output
WP Static HTML Output is a simple and powerful tool for converting a WordPress site into HTML. It is an open source software that generates an HTML copy of your entire site. It allows unlimited export targets for a single website.
3.Jekyll
Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware and popular static site generator supported by GitHub. Typically Jekyll is used to convert blogs and small projects. It takes a template directory containing text files in any format, follows steps like converting & rendering, and generates static HTML websites. To learn how to build a static website using Jekyll, check out this post.
4.Pelican
Pelican is another popular static site generator that allows users to write content in Markdown, reStructuredText or AsciiDoc format and import from WordPress, Dotclear or RSS feeds. Also, it has several tools that help with the generation of sitemap files.
Conclusion
Selecting a tool to convert WordPress code to HTML is purely based on the tool that you find simple and easy to work with. I hope this post helped you understand how to convert WordPress site to HTML. At the end, the main motive of converting WP to HTML is to protect it from potential hackers and increase the speed and performance of your website.
If you’ve used either of these tools do leave comments below.
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