Will Staatic work for your site?
Going static doesn't mean giving up dynamic features. It means no server runs on every visit, so here is how your site fits.
It's not static versus dynamic
A static site serves pre-rendered files, so no server runs on each visit. That's what makes it fast and secure. It doesn't mean your site stops being interactive.
Dynamic features don't disappear, they move. Some run in the visitor's browser, some run on an external service, and the common WordPress ones run on Staatic's own integrations. Only a few features truly need a server on every request.
Two halves of your site
You keep editing in WordPress. Your visitors get static files.
Your WordPress origin
Private and dynamic. You write content, run plugins and manage your site exactly as you do today. Only you and your team ever touch it.
Your public site
Static and fast. When you publish, Staatic turns your site into ready-to-serve files delivered from a global CDN. No database, no plugins, no server to attack.
Where your dynamic features live
Four homes for everything a site does.
Rendered once, served as static
Your content, exactly as it looks today.
- Pages, posts and custom post types
- Menus, categories and archives
- SEO: sitemaps, canonical URLs and redirects
- Images, galleries and media
- Most themes and page builders
Runs in the browser
Client-side JavaScript needs no server, so it just works.
- Filters, calculators and interactive widgets
- Maps, sliders, lightboxes and animations
- Chat and support widgets
- Cookie consent and analytics
Handled by a service
Built into Staatic, or a service you connect.
- Form handling for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WPForms and Divi
- Site search with instant autocomplete
- Zapier automation from submissions
- Comments, checkout or bookings through an external service such as Disqus, Snipcart or Calendly
Needs a server on each request
The one real limit, with a simple way around it.
- Logged-in member areas
- Shopping cart, checkout and accounts
- Native WordPress comments
- Pages built per visitor or updated in real time
Keep these on your private WordPress origin or hand them to a dedicated service. The rest of your site stays static.
A simple rule of thumb
Ask of any page: does it need to be built fresh for each visitor, or change in real time? If not, it can be static. If it does, that work moves to the browser, to a service, or to your private WordPress, and Staatic already covers the most common cases, forms and search, for you.
Still not sure about a specific feature? Ask us about your site or explore the features.
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