Simply Static

Ever wondered what Static WordPress actually is? Like.. without all the technical lingo? Gina sat down and started a new video series to explain the concept to you: youtu.be/AAvQqnb9lHU

Amazing what we achieved with @SimplyStaticWP Studio. I never worked on something semi-DevOps as this. It's really a great learning experience. So much work goes on in the background that customers can't see and can't appreciate :D

Alright, looks like @sevalla_hosting is great - watch @iamkarolk and get your (static) site online in no time (and for free!): youtube.com/watch?v=NwHTdk…

I don't tweet often... but I felt the need to give a shoutout to @patrickposner_ for @SimplyStaticWP. Holy sh*t is it good. Honestly, I'm never running #WordPress on a "normal" host again. Static versions are safer, faster, and just plain better.

Building something fun for @SimplyStaticWP. This is an accountability post for myself to finish it sooner. Hopefully, "launching" in early April 🤞

@lesley_pizza Not every time, but we definitely should!😅

We've just completed our Elementor integration and it's the first of many to come. I'm putting together a checklist for marketing new integrations. Here's what I have so far... Marketing new integrations checklist ✅ Write how-to doc ✅ Write announcement blog post/email ✅ Build integrations directory on marketing site and add new integration to the list ✅ Ask if company is willing to post about it on their social/email list/blog ✅ Add it to the company's add-on directory ✅ Update .org readme if relevant ✅ Check if company has any "how tos" or "top plugins" lists that are relevant and see if we can be added into them. Do you do all of these things? What did I miss?

@madebykoi @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio Hey @madebykoi did you catch the 2.1 update? This one is almost exclusively made for you, haha.

@SimplyStaticWP @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio Appreciate that -- anything to make the process more streamlined and less dependent on undesired plugins or more external subscriptions/services. 😅

Cloudflare Turnstile. This was harder than expected, but with the next update, you can protect your static forms with Cloudflare Turnstile. Add your keys in the settings, and we will auto-append the widget to all your forms automatically on the next static export.

@madebykoi @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio Honestly? Demand. Our team is still small, and while we try to add everything, Elementor and Divi are a massive part of our user base (I think we all know why.. 😅), whereas Bricks is still an outlier (yet!)

@SimplyStaticWP @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio curious - what is the performative difference between all the other options provided and Bricks that it's not supported natively? It just seems more... out of the box ready... if it was as easily integrated as Elementor, for example?

@madebykoi @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio I created an issue so that we can review that - maybe we can ship a trimmed-down version of this as part of the plugin in the next update (without our spam detection, proxy setup, etc) - just the webhook and the UI to store submissions in WP!

@madebykoi @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio We don't have a webhook internally - the endpoint is sadly hallucinated! 😅 We do have that on Static Studio (where we handle all the processing, spam protection, etc), but not in the plugin-only version: docs.simplystatic.com/article/149-fo…

@madebykoi @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio It doesn't support embedding, but the webhook (which is the more common usage anyway). There should really be no reason to embed a form created with Bricks unless I miss something.

@SimplyStaticWP @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio Yeah... it exists in a dropdown, but it doesn't actually do anything. There is even a message. What's the trick to get it to work?

@madebykoi @KadenceWP @bricksbuilderio

@madebykoi @KadenceWP If you don't mind, shoot us an e-mail to support@simplystatic.com with anything you're missing! After integrating Bricks Forms (+ BricksForge Forms), there wasn't really a need for a dedicated integration, since @bricksbuilderio already works great statically.

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Y'all can't wait, and before we spend hours manually telling people, here it is: our Black Friday deal is LIVE.

I know y'all are busy hunting BF deals, but we released Simply Static Pro 2.0 (after 4 years and 88 releases): 🎲 better 404 ⌨️ better forms 🎯 better search 📋 better workflow 👨‍💻 UAM integration Read the full announcement: simplystatic.com/tutorials/simp…

@iansvo @jeffr0 Not really. A static WP site has a much better global TTFB compared to a cache. A cache won't protect your site; a Static WP setup does. People use Simply Static primarily due to security and regulatory concerns - performance is often a secondary consideration.

@jeffr0 I really don’t understand the appeal of static site generation for WordPress. A page cache effectively does the exact same thing. If you’re using WordPress anywhere in the stack, then it comes with the same considerations and concerns. It’s just more complicated now.

If you're going to get on LinkedIn and spout some crap about WordPress to tout your dumb static site generator tech stack sales pitch, at least spit out facts. Signed, someone who doesn't like the smell of bullshit.