Simply Static – The WordPress Static Site Generator

Journal des modifications

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

2.3.2

• bugfix: Elementor asset loading via webpack
• repositioned filter for HTTPS args to be able to modify all arguments
• latest version of WP Background processing added

2.3.1

• improved Elementor asset handling (free and pro version)
• new filter to modify excludes

2.3.0

• fix for Yoast sitemap inclusion
• better approach to extract URLs from HTML
• added support for WP-CLI integration
• better task handling with ajax and WP-Cron with progress without reload
• better quote handling in JSON
• improved SimplyCDN integration and security token handling
• fix for redirect pages by removing query args before saving
• fix for Elementor Pro for data attributes

2.2.9

• constants for Simply CDN implemented
• remaining pages as argument in fetch URLs task
• fixed log updates if running with WP-Cron
• match_tags improvements for lazyload
• fixed inline CSS extraction to avoid trailingslash for hexcodes

2.2.8

• SimplyCDN form improvement for Elementor forms
• reset settings now in Advanced tab
• removed unused settings for MU integration
• added tags to match_tags list
• improved XML Sitemap handling with Yoast SEO
• lowered min cURL version in diagnostics

2.2.7

• SimplyCDN integration
• added hooks for multisite integration
• Elementor Pro support (Lottie files and videos)
• fixed log time with correct timezone
• removed WP-Cron option, now handled automatically

2.2.6

• fixed typo in CookieYes integration class

2.2.5

• integration for CookieYes GPDR plugin
• integration for Brizy Builder (image extraction)
• fixed 301 redirections with Redirection plugin
• fallback solution for existing pages not being crawled due to URL parameter

2.2.4

• reverted blackslash extraction producing invalid markup in CSS + JS
• remember configuration for destination (while switching options)
• unique nonce for Simply Static Ajax request to fix conflict with MiniOrange SSL On plugin
• removed simply_static_page query parameters from URL on static site
• automatically remove quotation marks on save additional URL/File

2.2.3

• min PHP version increased to 7.4
• ability to include files without filetype (_header)
• Elementor support for bundled JS files
• improved URL extraction in JS and HTML files

2.2.2

• XML Sitemap auto-include for Yoast
• XML Sitemap auto-include for RankMath
• XML Sitemap auto-include for AllInOneSEO
• XML Sitemap auto-include for SEOPress

2.2.1.1

• improved path conversion for Windows
• more fail-safe check for deleting local directory before export
• WPCS code style updates

2.2.1

• fixed path resolution on local path exports

2.2

• improved URL replacement in script tags
• fixed clear directory before export when using local path exports
• added action fired after ZIP file created
• fixed path replacement for Windows filesystems in Additional Files and Directories
• untrailingslash path on transfer files locally

2.1.9

• flag for cron execution with UNIX cron
• additional save button in advanced settings
• added filter to change the zip file name
• increased refresh time for Ajax ping

2.1.8

• new option to replace URLs with regex
• new option to clear local directory before running a new export
• decreased default batch size to prevent timeouts
• decreased ping timer for faster log views
• added filter to modify remote_get arguments
• add actions to send messages/notifications based on task progress (ss_completed)

2.1.7.1

• added exception handling for and tag extractions

2.1.7

• improved Basic Auth handling allowing access for external APIs
• parse content of script tags for URL replacements
• improved tags with HTML5 tags for header, footer, section and figure
• added style attributes to match_tags for a, div, section and more

2.1.6

• adding and tags to extractor class
• validating URLs in meta tags and update them

2.1.5.9

• better decoding/encoding of URLs
• added filter to modify default file extension
• improved tag based extraction and removed catch all
• added tags to extractor
• increased default batch size
• file path check improvements

2.1.5.8

• added SSL to diagnostics
• added filter for origin URL
• increased general ping time
• Windows support: replacing paths

2.1.5.7

• http_request_args filter added for better performance with Basic Authentication
• Windows compatibility fix for path conversion
• reverted delete local directory for local dir exports (original merge request)
• added filter for options getter
• cleaned up WP Cron conditional

2.1.5.6

• fixed non-valid HTML character error
• UI improvement for running static exports
• better http_request_args filter usage
• ss_before_static_export action added
• udpdated dependencies

2.1.5.5

• cleaned up upgrade handler

2.1.5.4

• reverted meta tags in extraction

2.1.5.3

• webp support (source tag)
• imagify support
• action to trigger functions before static export
• added meta tags to extractor for twitter cards and og tags
• added filter to extend matched_tags
• added action to run before static export
• updated composer dependencies

2.1.5.2

• introduced ss_finished_fetching_pages hook
• introduced ss_finished_transferring_files_locally hook
• fixed DB migration process performance issue
• small CSS fixed for actions class

2.1.5.1

• fixed migration on reset for new post_id db field

2.1.5

• default export without cron
• fixed generation of RSS feeds
• better support for Yoast XML Sitemap in additional URLs
• added option to change cron on/off
• better URL validation
• Windows support for slash URLs
• actions for custom parsers (Blocksy theme compatibility)
• enhanced matched_tags list (added srcset)
• fixed upgrader class for DB migration
• smaller CSS admin improvements
• fixed Logo saving it without font requirements
• better additional URL validation checks
• removed send debug log mail
• modified method visibility for fetch URLs task
• added complete german translations

2.1.4.2

• removed more commas for apply_filters to prevent execution error on some environments

2.1.4.1

• removed comma for apply_filters to prevent execution error on some environments

2.1.4

• new admin UI
• check for WP cron
• check for PHP XML extension
• fallback if cron not available
• CSS improvements

2.1.3

• dispatch execution to cron for larger exports
• fixed download URL for zip files
• added support for custom head tags added in wp_head hook
• parsing Rankmath sitemap if added to additional files
• removing uploads folder from additional files setting

2.1.2.1, February 04, 2021

• increased min PHP version to 7.2.5
• wp_die() if lower PHP version is available
• increases min version in diagnostics

2.1.2, February 04, 2021

• added composer support
• updated dependencies
• more fail-safe bootup
• Added sorting by status code
• removed wp_mail_content_type filter
• Fixed PHP notices for PHP 7.4 support
• new composer package for simplehtmldom with Symfony Finder
• improved doc blocks for models and tasks
• auto exclude wp-JSON and wp-login.php from export
• trailing slash / untrailingslash check pages

2.1.1, December 20, 2020

• Fixed PHP Dom parser for later PHP versions
• removed PHP faker due to end of development
• little color modifications in admin areas
• new plugin header and readme

2.1.0, May 12, 2017

• New: Added the ability to set a user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication

2.0.7, April 7, 2017

• Fix: Non-Latin characters should no longer get converted to HTML entities (thanks xi80r6!)

2.0.6, April 4, 2017

• Fix: Simply Static should now display a useful error message when using PHP <5.3

2.0.5, March 25, 2017

• Fix: Fix for downloading 0-byte ZIPs (no Content-Length header)

2.0.4, March 25, 2017

• Fix: Moving the default temp files directory back to within the plugin

2.0.3, March 16, 2017

• Fix: Protocol-relative URLs now work again

2.0.2, January 18, 2017

• Fix: Individual additional files are now properly included in static file generation
• New: Added a diagnostics check to ensure that WordPress can make calls to itself

2.0.1, January 15, 2017

• Fix: Removed Simply Static’s new error catching; was catching errors in other plugins

2.0.0, January 14, 2017

• New: New logo/icon (thanks Hajo!)
• New: Generate static files without having to stay on the Generate page (a job runs in the background)
• New: Added the ability to specify URLs (or parts of URLs) to exclude from static file generation
• New: Added a debugging mode with the ability to create/email a debug log
• New: Added the ability to reset the plugin settings back to their defaults
• New: Future versions will be able to downgrade to 2.0.0 (by overwriting files) without errors
• New: Friendly error message if trying to use Simply Static with PHP < 5.3
• New: Added support for Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) HTML attributes
• Fix: URLs containing the WP URL as a query param will rewrite the param with the new URL
• Fix: Non-WP URLs in the Additional URLs section no longer cause Simply Static to hang
• Fix: Zip creation will no longer throw errors when trying to process 0-byte files
• Fix: Fixed an issue that could cause Simply Static to not remove all files when uninstalling
• Fix: Local directories are now always chmod’d to 0755 so that they’re readable
• Fix: Additional errors will be caught and displayed when generating static files

1.8.0, November 01, 2016

• Fix: XML pages (e.g. /feed/) now generate index.xml files
• Fix: XML pages now replace URLs properly
• Fix: No longer adding extra backslashes () to directories with backslashes
• Fix: No longer adding extra slashes (/) on user-specified additional directories

1.7.1, October 21, 2016

• New: Auto-adding wp-content/uploads as a directory to include files from
• New: Usage of the mbstring PHP extension is now optional
• New: Added links for support, rating, and changelog in the footer
• Fix: Added protection for cross-site request forgery (thanks pluginvulnerabilities.com!)
• Fix: Now sanitizing all user inputs
• Fix: Locking down generation of static files to users with proper permissions
• Fix: The check for trailing slash redirection now works with relative URLs
• Fix: « Cannot redeclare class PclZip » error should no longer occur

1.7.0, October 06, 2016

• New: Destination URLs can now begin with // (in addition to HTTP:// & HTTPS://)
• New: You can now use relative URLs (instead of absolute URLs) for the static site
• New: Now able to export a static site for use offline

1.6.3, September 23, 2016

• Fix: Eliminated a security vulnerability in relation to zip downloads (thanks Bas!)
• Fix: SQL diagnostic checks now work with wildcard permission grants (thanks Jon!)

1.6.2, July 14, 2016

• Fix: Made a slight modification to the prior fix

1.6.1, July 14, 2016

• Fix: No more « Call to a member function find() on a non-object » error. Thanks, jwatkins0101!

1.6.0, June 07, 2016

• Improvement: The DomDocument PHP extension is no longer required (replaced by SimpleHtmlDomParser)
• Fix: No longer creating empty html attributes
• Fix: No longer throwing the ‘Function name must be a string’ error in diagnostics. Thanks, Andrew-s!

1.5.1, June 05, 2016

• Fix: Removing usage of composer, which was causing issues for certain PHP versions

1.5.0, June 02, 2016

• Fix: The img srcset attribute now displays all urls (instead of only the last one)
• Improvement: Less memory usage; less likely to exhaust allowed memory size
• Improvement: Export log is now paginated / less likely to overwhelm your browser

1.4.1, April 28, 2016

• Fix: Displaying exception messages instead of a generic error message

1.4.0, April 26, 2016

• New: French translations. Thanks Pierre!
• New: Diagnostics page displays pass/fail for everything needed for SS to run correctly
• New: Auto-adding WP’s emoji url to Additional URLs
• New: If a PHP error is encountered during processing it will be displayed
• Improvement: If you can edit posts, you can generate a static site
• Fix: Bad additional URLs could cause an infinite loop during static file generation
• Fix: Unprocessable pages are now properly removed on subsequent static file runs

1.3.5, April 14, 2016

• Fix: Simply Static was sometimes throwing an error on a certain WP action

1.3.4, April 14, 2016

• Fix: URLs were not getting properly replaced

1.3.3, April 13, 2016

• Fix Attempt #3 at fixing Simply Static’s upgrading process :'(

1.3.2, April 12, 2016

• Fix Attempt #2 at fixing Simply Static’s upgrading process 🙁

1.3.1, April 12, 2016

• Fix: Attempt #1 at fixing Simply Static’s upgrading process

1.3.0, April 9, 2016

• New: Static archive creation handled via AJAX; PHP timeouts are a thing of the past
• New: Activity Log – see what Simply Static is doing while it’s working

1.2.4, March 25, 2016

• Fix: Link hashes (e.g. href=’#section-three’) will no longer be rewritten as full URLs

1.2.3, March 8, 2016

• Fix: HTTP and HTTPS on the same domain are treated as the same site (no redirect files will be created)
• New: Added support for the img tag’s srcset attribute, used for responsive images

1.2.2, January 26, 2016

• Fix: Additional Files/Dirs now allows for usage of WP_PLUGIN_DIR and WP_CONTENT_DIR
• Fix: Able to use WordPress’ Export feature with Simply Static installed

1.2.1, January 18, 2016

• Fix: index.html was not getting added to the static archive

1.2.0, January 16, 2016

• New: The export log now lists off all URLs, their http status codes, and the first page it was linked from
• New: You can specify additional files/directories to include in your static archive
• Fix: Switched libraries for ZIP generation, which should reduce extraction errors

1.1.3, December 7, 2015

• Fix: Able to fetch protocol-less URLs, e.g. href=’//example.com/image.png’
• Fix: Static files won’t be put in a subdirectory if your WP install is in a subdirectory
• Fix: Able to download ZIP regardless of whether files are on an accessible path on the server
• Fix: Escaped URLs, such as those used by WP’s concatemoji, are now properly replaced with Destination URLs

1.1.2, October 22, 2015

• Fix: Now handling 302, 303, 307 HTTP codes for redirection in addition to 301
• Fix: Redirection now properly handles relative URLs

1.1.1, October 9, 2015

• Fix: No longer checking for valid SSL certificates on local requests (allows for self-signed certs to work)
• Fix: No longer creating redirect HTML pages for WP’s 301 redirects from /path to /path/
• Fix: Improved URL extraction from CSS files, particularly from larger files

1.1.0, October 6, 2015

• New: Relative URLs in HTML and CSS files are now identified for static file creation
• New: 301 redirects are now identified and an HTML page is created to handle the redirection
• Fix: Repeatedly generating static files in a local directory should no longer throw errors
• Fix: System requirements issues should no longer continue to display an error for one pageview past when the error is resolved

1.0.2, October 4, 2015

• Fix: PHP 5.4 array initialization syntax caused errors in PHP <= 5.3

1.0.1, September 29, 2015

• Fix: Settings/options are now deleted upon uninstallation

1.0.0, September 21, 2015

• New: Initial release