Simply Static – The Static Site Generator

Changelog

3.7.7

• Fix changes-only export scope
• Fix wp-includes exports for subdirectory installs
• Fix search settings save handling
• Fix local clearing for partial exports
• Fix update export logs and media change counts

3.7.6

• Invert post type selection setting
• Exclude data permalinks from URL discovery
• Improve Elementor gallery asset exports

3.7.5

• Fixed preserve trailing slashes in Hide WP path mapping
• Fixed preserve referenced asset redirect pages
• Fixed local asset redirect handling (301)

3.7.4

• Fixed export hangs on binary files
• Fixed progress total caching
• Fixed limit update push ZIP archives to changed files
• Fixed empty post type token suggestions
• Fixed allow empty post type selections
• Fixed static redirect path handling
• Fixed Hide WP asset path mapping
• Fixed local URL redirects for alternate bases

3.7.3

• Improve crawler dependency coverage
• Fix cancelled background queue cleanup
• Add fetch URLs update generate type filter
• Batch URL discovery crawlers
• Fix background process lock handoff

3.7.2

• deeplinks for tab pages (settings)
• progress indicator in browser tab
• improved language UI for exports
• improved URL detection pattern recognition

3.7.1

• added time-limit awareness to process_pages()
• decompress response to avoid gzip/deflate issues
• function_exists for session handling
• srcset replacement with lazyloading
• Elementor font fix (again)

3.7.0

• fixed stale process handling via cron healthcheck
• improved status based crawl detection
• collect and remove trashed/draft posts from DB table
• fixed broken dashboard widget link
• better error report on WAF/rate limit hosts (WPE)
• cleanup upgrader (stale settings)

3.6.9.3

• partial admin UI restructure

3.6.9.2

• admin UI improvements
• WP 7.0 testing and bugfixes

3.6.9

• improved 404 handler
• prevent auto-cancel on fatal errors in crawler detect
• inherit post ID on get_pages_to_process_sql
• improved loopback handler

3.6.8

• batch ZIP if ZipArchive is available
• improved SVG handling
• auto-apply missing closing tags
• exclude node_modules from theme crawler
• better process locking

3.6.7

• preserve/restore SVG data URIs
• removed CORS settings (no longer needed)
• improved cache detection (Hostinger)
• avoid auto-closing HTML5 tags
• auto cache busting

3.6.6

• search and replace all kinds of data attributes
• added dashboard widget
• post_modified instead of post_modified_gmt for timestamps
• updated all NPM packages to the latest stable versions
• improved enhanced crawl automation
• improved copy and UX in settings
• Basic Auth handler for files like robots.txt, llms.txt etc

3.6.5

• added NULL checks for large HTML files (>2MB)
• ZIP Archive path construction fix (Windows-only)
• improved file sanitization handling
• URL/file lock-handler based on DB query

3.6.4

• added filter for job class
• extended search-related settings
• lock file protection for multiple PHP worker setups (avoid 0 byte files)
• improved can-export-pages trait (support for multiple IDs in query)
• improved export log search query handling

3.6.3

• improved exclusion logging
• improved srcset handler (CDN + background image extraction)

3.6.2

• admin UI tweak (ACL toggle)
• reset site lock (MU setups)
• improved memory efficiency for Elementor Crawler
• readme changes

3.6.1

• small admin UX fixes
• server-side implementation for pagination-based search in export log
• DIVI integration: replace base64 encoded navigation URLs
• handle @font-face URLs if skipped by DomDocument (regex)

3.6.0

• check for HTML files in config dir
• multiple selector notice for Fuse
• fix: Double dropdown indicator on Export Log “Rows per page”
• remove dns-preconnect on relative path/offline URL
• improved DIVI related logging

3.5.9

• fix: check for NULL instances on files
• fix: avoid replacing filenames that contain the domainname
• improved network-related status updates and OPCache responses
• added ss_preserve_original_filenames filter (true/false)

3.5.8

• added max fetch attempts for problematic URLs
• robust file hashing using try-catch blocks
• centralized filename and path sanitization
• improved handling of Unicode characters in filenames
• improved asset discovery and handling
• fixed fallback path for local asset fetching
• robust file saving with rename success check and fallback
• improved Page_Handler to skip unnecessary parameters for assets
• improved path-agnostic URL handling for local assets
• improved WP Includes crawler to support interactivity API and new emoji scripts

3.5.7

• replace URLs in data URI’s
• Fetch URLs task using canProcessPages trait
• improved path construction for offline/relative paths
• introduced ss_uploads_additional_directories filter
• ensure body class preservation
• strip UTF-8 BOM
• add and transfer _redirects and _headers files
• improved Elementor thumbnail handling

3.5.6

• preserve tags (Elementor)
• cleanup admin UI
• repaced admin UI components for WP 7.0 preparation

3.5.5

• path normalization unified across integrations
• fixed checkup for multilingual integration
• added support for WP_Query page template pagination
• url-encoded post_name handling
• (maybe) add slash on initial call (offline path)

3.5.4

• updated translation files
• markup update for Elementor search widget
• accessibility fix: aria labels for generate buttons
• improved URL replacements on redirects
• fix: Call the correct 404 export method export_404

3.5.3

• auto add plugin + theme on change in Enhanced Crawl
• updated compatibility DB
• streamlined settings (+ removed deprecated ones)
• improved error handling for ZIP task
• added dedicated class for admin Rest API endpoints
• Improved import/export UI and behaviour (on MU sites)
• auto-exclude admin-only plugins (+filter) for enhanced crawl
• fixed settings UI spacing for WP 6.9 support
• improved DIVI theme detection

3.5.2.2

• added ss_mime_type_map filter to extend/override manual MIME type map fallback + failsafe handling
• added filter to exclude robots.txt and llms.txt from export

3.5.2.1

• fail-safe upgrade mechanism (alongside pro)

3.5.2

• UI/UX improvements (search/workflow/general)
• refactored transfer files locally task (+ added filter to make it extendable)
• improved pagination crawler (smarter author pagination)
• introduced ss_before_finish_transferring_files_locally filter
• improved integration copy
• enforced naming convention across crawler and integration directory (class file naming)
• updated translation file (including german translation)
• improved integrations UX by adding a new requires_reload mechanism
• fixed SEOPress XSL file naming
• fixed JSON handler for Elementor (animations/menu rendering)

3.5.1.2

• abstracted encoding into new helper class
• fixed UTF-8 encoding for emojis
• fixed check-can-run endpoint (GET not POST)
• added MU-related notice (for auto-fixer in pro)
• added ss_multisite_get_sites_args to filter subsite selection
• fixed exception (PHP 8.3+) for MU class

3.5.1.1

• clear temp files + log + DB table on plugin deactivation
• avoid decoding inline-JSON (Elementor)
• ss_user_capability for admin bar integration
• MU: decode special chars before dropdown output
• Removed HTML5 auto-fixer (should be a filter)

3.5.1

• better HTML 5 markup support for non-closing tags (like )
• added ZIPArchive support for larger ZIP exports (>4GB)
• MU: sort subsites ASC + added site ID
• added Clear Temporary Files button + auto-clear on uninstall + ss_clear_temp_dir_on_wrapup filter
• mb_encode_numericentity + mb_convert_encoding for better UTF-8 conversion support
• added ss_zip_filename filter to rename ZIP file
• added ss_crawlable_plugins and ss_crawlable_themes filter

3.5.0

• better UTF-8 and entity handling (content + URLs)
• added network-activated plugins to crawler support
• added ability to exclude specific plugins + themes in Enhanced Crawl (pro-only)
• added support for .avif, .tiff and .heic image files
• regex support for Include/Exclude settings
• URL-based export cancellation via cancel-export=true parameter
• llms.txt support for AIO SEO and Yoast SEO integration
• fixed logging loop for Elementor integration

3.4.8

• new text handler for replacing URLs in txt files
• RankMath: auto replace and copy llms.txt and robots.txt to your static site
• Utilities: new reset background queue feature
• improved admin bar integration with deeplinks and better performance
• Quick link to view your static site from the dashboard
• fallback strategy to pick up and export 0 byte files
• Admin UI improvements (fixing Chrome notices)

3.4.7.2

• reverted avoid error on invalid file path

3.4.7.1

• reverted fetch progress count improvements

3.4.7

• improved XML sitemap URL replacements
• improved invalid file path handling
• added dedicated Beaver Builder crawler
• improved fetch progress count (runtime)
• UI-changes related to multisite environments
• blocking accidental overwriting exports on MU sites

3.4.6.1

• Fixed DomXPath conversion for strings (RankMath and Yoast SEO)
• Added SEO Generator integration placeholder (pro-only integration)
• batch processing for Additional URLs and Files (improved memory usage)

3.4.6

• DIVI integration + custom crawler
• Improved Elementor integration
• Custom 404 page selection (instead of theme default)
• auto-include llms.txt on crawl
• improved third-party-crawler loading

3.4.5.1

• small admin UI fix (scheme positioning)
• exit early in URL extractor if html_string is empty

3.4.5

• improved HTML conversion with non-latin characters
• adapted our admin UI to latest React and WP components
• updated all core dependencies (JS)

3.4.4.1

• better path transformation for file transfer
• stream mechanism for Elementor_Crawler

3.4.4

• improved URL extraction for URLs in CSS files
• stream files for media, plugins and themes
• avoid memory issues with large log objects
• discover_task only on export
• improved local asset handling (include font files)
• better URL handling in export log
• added jQuery to WP_Includes_Crawler

3.4.3.3

• better default handling for Elementor crawling
• wait until page loaded before saving (fetcher)
• better auto-configuration for Enhanced Crawl

3.4.3.2

• dedicated crawler for Elementor
• force MIME type for JS files
• add comment.js in includes if comments enabled

3.4.3.1

• better XML sitemap handling with Enhanced Crawl
• easier path handling for XSL stylesheets
• merged Elementor + Elementor Pro into single integration
• removed Jetpack integration (now handled by Enhanced Crawl)
• upgrade handler specifically for Enhanced Crawl

3.4.3

• fixed export type selection based on deployment method
• added post type selector for Enhanced Crawl
• refactored Block_Theme_Crawler to WP_Includes_Crawler making it work for all kinds of themes
• refactored Pagination_Crawler to exclude pagination URLs based on parameter (&paged)
• single source of truth for fetchting settings + reset via PHP + no defaults stored in JS anymore
• improved file handler (copy instead of wp_remote_get request)
• better defaults for active_crawlers on new installations
• improved environment integration UI
• removed auto-switch for export types

3.4.2.1

• Smart Crawl -> Enhanced Crawl (thanks WPMUDEV for the copyright claim)

3.4.2

• fixed integration loading in admin settings
• modified readme to comply with .org trademark violation (…)

3.4.1

• improved sanitization for saving crawlers
• dedicated function to fetch crawlers to reduce impact on useEffect
• improved defaultState to avoid display default options via Settings

3.4.0

• introduced Smart Crawl
• preserve URL parameters on creating redirect files
• removed deprecated plugin scan task
• removed download attribute from ZIP download link (playground)
• introduced improved export log (search/filter/sort)

3.3.3.5

• fixed typo (placehodler vs. placeholder)
• better handling for import maps when using offline mode
• avoid error if empty DOM returned (Yoast SEO integration)
• improved ZIP URL handling with WP_CONTENT_DIR and WP_CONTENT_URL set
• use backticks when creating tables to avoid AWS Aurora MySQL
• exclude robots.txt from .txt exclusion
• added method to delete single record from DB table
• preserve URL parameters on export (UTM tags, generic URL parameters, version numbers for JS/CSS)

3.3.3.4

• preserve JSON inside attributes (Elementor, Cornerstone and others)

3.3.3.3

• adding a hidden delay integration to auto-pause between exports (disabled by default)
• refactored UTF-8 handling to properly encode Arabic characters and German Umlauts
• added support for conditional comments being extracted without modifying the structure
• improved “feed” and “debug” checks inside exclude handler with regex to avoid false-positives
• added custom Elementor widget for search

3.3.3.2

• preserve custom body classes

3.3.3.1

• Ported SEO extensions to use DomXPath

3.3.3

• WP HTML API -> DomDocument
• DomXPath for Dom interactions

3.3.2

• fixed typo in search settings
• fixed AIO SEO sitemap parsing
• improved srcset extraction
• HTMLDOMParser replaced with WP HTML API
• improved Basic Auth handling with Ubuntu 24+
• no more custom UTF-8 handler – PHP 7.4 requires mbstring anyway

3.3.1.2

• fixed multiline save fields (minify)
• fixed typo in Rest API options toggle
• reworked Update labels

3.3.1.1

• clear PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW on disabling/clearing basic auth options
• improved version output in admin UI
• fixed position for pro recommendation (top-right instead of center of the card header)

3.3.1

• lower min WP version to 6.2
• support for XSL file parsing (crawling, replacing, including)
• fixed settings handler (UI glitch in deployment settings)
• extracted force_replace_urls into it’s own method

3.3.0

• avoid parsing Simply Static config files (JSON parser)

3.2.9

• allow parallel batch processing for tasks (opt-in)

3.2.8.3

• Elementor: only include bundle files if filter is set
• WPML: change loading priority of Basic Auth filter to avoid fatal error

3.2.8.2

• Fixed: _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly
• floating action buttons

3.2.8.1

• avoid replacing URLs in JSON files generated by Simply Static

3.2.8

• removed deprecated option labels in WPML config file
• latest updates for WPBP package and moved to our own maintained version (fewer dependencies)
• data-bg for sections, divs and img tags (match_tags)
• WASM fix for download Urls of ZIP files
• added support for JSON files in extractor (WP Rest API support on static sites)
• added option to include wp-json files in export
• WP tested up to 6.8
• added tag with href attribute (match_tags)
• added uploads directory handler for Elementor integrations
• added feature to allow full scans of theme and plugins directory on exports

3.2.7.2

• Bring back simply_static_fetch_urls_batch_size filter
• Extended img attribute list with “data-srcset” and “data-bg”
• added threshold option for Fuse.js
• allow subitems in admin bar integration

3.2.7.1

• Elementor integration: check for file size before including
• added filter to control wp_flush_cache execution
• reverted default batch size back to 50
• added srcset attributes for video and audio HTML5 tags
• added filter for menu position

3.2.7

• simplified batch size filtering:https://docs.simplystatic.com/article/135-simplystatictasknamebatchsize
• removed unused options from optimization page
• removed unused conditions in tasks checkups
• fixed exclude filter position to handle feed URLs that aren’t RSS
• re-added ss_total_pages filter for total pages count
• added post_id checkup for processing calculation
• removed duplicated status messages in export log
• removed Brizy integration (no longer needed)

3.2.6

• clear WP object cache on start + cancel export
• simplified and improved transfer_files_locally task
• improved logging for transfer_files_locally task
• extended UI for AWS updates
• sort builds alphabetically in export type UI

3.2.5.4

• added option to optionally include feed URLs (default is off)
• set generate_404 page to off on default settings
• extended Elementor integration to auto-include missing CSS files

3.2.5.3

• downgraded WP Background Processing package to 1.3.1 again (issues with ajax)
• responsive design for admin UI
• improved Basic Auth Handling for different server types (NGINX, Apache, Windows IIS)
• fixed automated feed handling on running exports

3.2.5.2

• upgraded WP Background Processing package
• fixed typo in admin UI
• increased interval between batches to 2 seconds (from 1 second)

3.2.5.1

• XML sitemap inclusion optional for single exports
• fixed _load_textdomain_just_in_time error

3.2.5

• added filter to modify log file location
• small UI factor to fix weird WP default border styles in admin UI
• trait to make tasks skippable
• implemented cleanup method that can be extended in tasks
• decreased default job interval to 1 second instead of 5

3.2.4.2

• small UI changes related to GitHub
• improved filter handling to increase batch size
• allow tasks to define their own batch size

3.2.4.1

• fixed dbDelta migration for new JSON column

3.2.4

• automatically create the local directory if it doesn’t exist
• Limit Basic Auth to URLs that pass is_local_url() check
• WordPress 6.7 compatibility

3.2.3

• removed processing_pages_message method
• added the ability to include files without a file extension (_headers, _redirects..)
• added UI to reset database table
• included diagnostics check for no-index setting
• included diagnostics check for Basic Auth without proper configuration in settings
• tweak to avoid duplicate notes in export log
• renamed Simply Static (Admin Bar) to Admin Bar (Core)
• renamed Environments to Environment (Core)
• simplified http_request_args filter implementation
• added notice to upgrade both (pro and free) because of removing deprecated methods

3.2.2

• officially deprecated delete_transients method

3.2.1

• improved file handling on local transfer task
• refactored transient handling for task handling
• renamed delete_transients to delete_total_pages for consistency

3.2.0

• improved URL replacement in Offline Mode
• automated temporary file path handling
• SQLite support for potential Playground support
• removed dynamic htaccess for debug log handling
• added version number in default settings in upgrade handler
• enhanced integrations implementation to allow deactivated integrations by default
• improved wording around SFTP integration
• improved default values for excludes

3.1.9

• simplified process_pages class abstraction
• fixed stripping quotes on HTML extraction
• added security.md file to repo for updates via CLI
• use TEXT instead of JSON in our DB table for SQLite (Playground) support
• added default value for per_page parameter
• removed deprecated SimplyCDN integration
• fixed path resolving for /feed/ URLs
• restricted redirects includes to full or update exports
• set a recognizable User Agent for wp_remote_get requests
• avoid checking against NULL for content_type (PHP 8.3 support)

3.1.8.1

• turn off notifications on MU network settings
• improved MU subsite checkups

3.1.8

• several admin UI improvements
• added tutorial videos for all major features
• added a new DB column to store JSON data (for future features)
• improved and fixed transient handling and expiration
• added support for redirects with Redirection, Yoast and RankMath
• auto-replace URLs in schema.org JSON-LD data from Yoast and RankMath
• fixed typos in admin UI
• removed SSL check from diagnostics (no longer needed)
• added test deploy function
• remove deprecated basic_auth_digest function
• extended match_tags list for SVGs and other tags
• more failsafe parsing with innerhtmlKeep instead of innerText (crawler)

3.1.7.4

• fixed PHP notice related to server_cron setting
• fixed basic auth validation in admin area

3.1.7.3

• added new integration settings page
• added admin bar as integration + toggle to enable/disable it
• improved performance for diagnostics check (caching)
• removed unused http_request_args filter
• MU network page UI fixes
• added quick links to plugins page
• added option to whitelist plugins in diagnostics
• restructed “Misc” settings and renamed to “Debug”
• added option to use server-side cron job
• adapted Jetpack integration to new integration class

3.1.7.2

• added Jetpack integration
• removed DO integration admin UI code
• added progress bar to admin bar
• Diagnostics sub menu page + notification center
• removed can_wp_make_requests_to_itself() check
• fixed PHP notices for PHP 8.3 compatibility
• simplified log file output for certain deployment options
• composer dependencies updated

3.1.7.1

• improved hash validation for record storage in DB
• smaller UI improvements
• auto-generate index.html for feed URLs

3.1.7

• Official PHP 8.2 and 8.3 support + fixes for various PHP notices
• fixed saving multiline settings savings process
• improved default settings on first installation + reset
• extended the match_tags list for better XML support
• improved URL handling when creating 404 pages
• automated 404 page handling for various deployment options
• added cache detection solution as part of diagnostics
• added incompatible plugin detection as part of diagnostics
• added notification logic if tests in diagnostics fail
• improved XML sitemap handling in all SEO integrations
• auto-include robots.txt file if exists

3.1.6.3

• no more filesize limits on wp_remote_get()
• removed empty settings page on network admin
• improved various descriptions + added links to the documentation
• added filter to set conditions before clearing local directory
• avoid clearing special characters from Basic Auth credentials
• auto-cancel export if Basic Auth is set and credentials don’t match
• improved default settings handling
• extended plugin compatibility list up to 100 (from 30)
• unified 404 page option for CDN exports

3.1.6.2

• new filter for extended DOM manipulation
• fixed typos for optimization settings
• exclude builds and single exports from clear directory

3.1.6.1

• modified default parameters for ss_remote_args filter (file size based on uploads limit)

3.1.6

• new multisite integration (network, import/export subsites)
• improved 404 page handling
• improved secure debug log handling
• plugin compatibility database integration
• admin UI improvements (labels, helper texts..)
• updated translation files
• improved version output in admin UI

3.1.5

• refactored additional settings
• introduced setting for origin URL
• removed unused helper methods
• improved requests to itself check in diagnostics
• improved sanitization for multiline fields
• load textdomain in init hook instead of plugins_loaded
• NPM packages updated to latest releases

3.1.4

• added log for replacing 404 pages
• fix for 404 page in local directory exports
• clear log before running new export to avoid big file sizes
• extended ss_remote_args filter with async requests + max file size per request
• improved sanitization for import/export settings
• added filter for local URL check
• improved secure log handling (dynamic filename + .htaccess rule)

3.1.3

• JS dependencies updated
• refactored filter implementation for tasks
• added check for empty strings in excludes
• removed unused blog_id check
• changed location of debug log to uploads dir
• check for Rest API in diagnostics
• increased PHP version for diagnostics >= 8.0
• whitelist Freemius API calls if Basic Auth enabled

3.1.2

• WordPress 6.4 compatibility
• Improved clearing logs
• improved capability filter

3.1.1

• improved admin UI descriptions in general settings
• added support for 404 pages
• added error message to WP_Error when archive dir cannot be created
• added add_status_message method to Simply_Static\Options for WP CLI handling

3.1.0

• fix for scheme/host when resetting settings
• enhanced integration setups (GitHub objects)
• fixed example for relative path setups in settings

3.0.9

• PHP 8.2 support improved
• wp_parse_url instead of just parse_url for fetching URLs
• enhanced default options
• increased min WP version

3.0.8

• SimplyCDN auto include files
• min WP version increased to 6.2
• improved wording for progress in export log
• improved Basic Auth handling
• improved absolute URL replacement
• Elementor integration: prevent replacing non strings in HTML

3.0.7

• SimplyCDN setting now in React Admin UI
• filter for capabilities in Rest routes
• SimplyCDN improvements for webhook handling

3.0.6

• removed type hints in Rest API abstraction for PHP 7.4 support
• make sure we only trigger maybe_wp_die() if there is an error on export

3.0.5

• fixed incompatibility with EWWW image optimizer

3.0.4

• simplified url_exclude upgrade on update
• disable browser autocomplete on basic auth settings
• added additional notice with button in settings panel if all auto-migration fails

3.0.3

• specific version check for migration handler
• fixed schema option updates

3.0.2

• fixed iterator for “clear_local_directory” option
• reworked “force_replace_urls” to the new options patterns (boolean)

3.0.1

• prevent error on merge excludes if not an array
• bust object cache after migration

3.0

• new admin UI for settings
• new admin UI for diagnostics
• new admin UI for generate
• ported ajax requests to Rest API for better performance and maintainability
• improved diagnostics with better (and more meaningful) error messages
• conditional settings for certain setups
• improved support for Windows Azure (path conversion)
• auto-migration from old settings + manuall trigger
• import and export settings via JSON