Ryan Hellyer

The <a href="https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/products/simplecms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple CMS plugin</a> converts your WordPress admin panel into a simple CMS. This is aimed at web designers who want to provide a simple adminstration panel for their clients to update basic static websites.
All extraneous admin areas which are unnecessary for a bare bones, basic CMS are removed from the administration menus.
Visit the <a href="https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/products/simplecms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple CMS page</a> for more information.
To help with theming, we have created a theme called <a href="https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/simple-cms-theme-update/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple CMS theme</a> which is designed to simplify the design process for web designers by only implementing the features needed for a basic static site. The theme is not designed to look pretty, but is a practical, simple theme to build your own designs from … <a href="https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/simple-cms-theme-update/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple CMS Theme</a>
<h3>History</h3>
Version 2.0.2: Updated supported to notice 
Version 2.0.1: Documented support for newer versions of WordPress and updated domain 
Version 2.0: Removed block prevent excerpts from appear for static pages 
Version 1.9: Added support for setting a constant of ‘SIMPLECMS_EVERYBODY’ in wp-config.php to simplify the administration panel for admins and super admins too 
Version 1.7.1: Major rewrite. Moved to OOP approach. Added support for removing admin bar menu items. Added support for removing extraneous meta boxes. 
Version 1.7.1: Version compatibility change and minor documentation updates. 
Version 1.7: Major bug fix. Prevented running script for admins. 
Version 1.6: Major bug fix. Add add_action() call to make plugin actually work. Also added HTML comments in header. 
Version 1.5: Total rewrite. Uses PHP to remove administration menus instead of hiding via CSS. 
Version 1.4.1: Beta: Beta release; uploaded to WP plugins repository 
Version 1.4 Alpha: Total rewrite for WP 2.7 
Version 1.3.3: Folder name bug fixed 
Version 1.3.2: Page order bug fixed 
Version 1.3.1: Media uploader bug fixed 
Version 1.3: Fixed WordPress.org related bug and changed branding 
Version 1.2.4: Fixed HTML bug 
Version 1.2.3: Updated for WP 2.5 RC2 and removed menu options which can’t be accessed by editors 
Version 1.2.2: Gallery/Media link bug fixed 
Version 1.2.1: Improved documentation ready for WordPress plugins repository 
Version 1.2 Beta: Added options panel for modifying menu 
Version 1.1 Beta: Set so that Administrators keep regular WordPress panel, Editors and below have new panel 
Version 1.0 Beta: Initial release 
Version 0.9 Alpha: Barely functioning plugin
<h4>Credits</h4>
Thanks to the following for help with the development of this plugin: 
* <a href="http://fgw.org.nz/" rel="nofollow ugc">Natasha Munro</a> – number one alpha tester 
* Dennis – Bug report 
* Tantric – Bug report

Ryans Simple CMS

The Simple CMS plugin converts your WordPress admin panel into a simple CMS. This is aimed at web designers who want to provide a simple adminstration …

Team Staatic

Staatic turns WordPress into a practical static site generator. Keep editing posts, pages, menus, media, and settings in WordPress, then publish a static copy made of HTML, images, CSS, JavaScript, and other assets.
The public site can be served without WordPress, PHP, or a database in the visitor request path. That can improve performance, reduce origin load, and shrink the public attack surface while preserving the familiar WordPress editing workflow.
This is especially useful for a private-origin, public-static setup: WordPress remains available for editors and publication work, while visitors receive prebuilt files from your chosen hosting target.
Staatic includes the publication workflow and deployment methods needed to run a self-hosted static WordPress site.
Features of Staatic include:
<ul>
<li>Crawls your WordPress site and builds a static publication from the pages and assets it discovers.</li>
<li>Publishes from WordPress Admin, with publication status, logs, resource details, and downloadable output.</li>
<li>Deploys to Local Directory, Amazon S3 or S3-compatible storage, GitHub, Netlify, SFTP, or a zip archive.</li>
<li>Supports redirects, custom 404 pages, additional URLs and paths, exclude rules, and HTTP headers.</li>
<li>Includes a WP-CLI command for command-line publication workflows.</li>
<li>Works with WordPress Multisite, WPML, and HTTP Basic Auth protected WordPress origins.</li>
<li>Helps separate the public site from WordPress admin, plugin runtime, and database-backed page generation.</li>
<li>Provides integration hooks and compatibility improvements for common WordPress setups.</li>
</ul>
Staatic Premium and Staatic Cloud add features such as forms integration, search integration, scheduled publications, change-based publications, and managed static WordPress hosting. The Community edition remains suitable when you want to generate and deploy a static version of a WordPress site yourself.
<h3>Staatic Premium</h3>
Staatic Premium supports ongoing development and adds functionality for teams that need more than the Community edition.
Premium features include forms integration, search integration, scheduled publications, change-based publications, additional automation, and Staatic Cloud deployment options.
For more information, visit <a href="https://staatic.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Staatic</a>.

Staatic – Static Site Generator for WordPress

The plugin gives you all you need and works like a charm. From generating static sites to publishing them in one click only. The great thing about the plugin is the team behind it. I had a few interactions, through the support forum, and they were amazing. Attended to the issues promptly. If the team keeps doing what they are doing, I think they will be unstoppable in WP SSG. Kudos Team Staatic.

A powerful plugin


Why do I feel, I can relate myself to this plugin :) I just love it. I've no words to say anything further. 


Highly Recommended, Works flawlessly


This plugin has worked great for us. With direct to Netlify publishing its extremely fast. We had a couple requests and the support was great!


Fast publish with great support

Use WordPress as your CMS, then publish a fast, lower-exposure static version of your site.

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