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Netlify

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FREE
Custom domain support
The specialists in static website hosting

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Free and paid plans

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A Step-by-Step Guide: Deploying A Static Site or Single-page Ap

Deploying to Netlify with WP Static Site Generator

Manual deploy Free version
Auto deploy Pro version

Manual deploy with the free version

select the ZIP deployment method within the plugin’s settings
set your Base URL to the final domain your users will visit your webite on
optionally set any other configuration options for the crawling, processing or deployment phases
generate your static site and download your resulting ZIP file
drag and drop your ZIP file into the Netlify UI to deploy

For easier deployments via the ZIP (or even the “Test deploy” method), consider setting up a Git repository on GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket or any others supported by Netlify. Then when you push changes to the repo, Netify will automatically build it for you!

Auto deploy with the Pro version

select the Netlify deployment method within the plugin’s settings

Netlify deployment option

configure your Netlify related deployment options
optionally set any other configuration options for the crawling, processing or deployment phases
hit the Start static export button to trigger the automated deployment

If it’s your first time deploying to Netlify, you can just take your ZIP file and drag it onto the UI at Netlify to create your Netlify site, then configure any settings within Netlify. This will work best if you’ve chosen to export with relative links set, so that the site’s URLs will work wherever deployed.

Netlify configuration options explained

Base URL

Set this to the final domain your users will visit your site on. If you’re just getting started you can set it to your Netlify site’s URL, ie https://mystaticsite.netlify.com

Personal Access Token

You can create this here on Netlify.

Site ID

This will be what’s shown in a few places within the Netlify UI for your site, as shown here:

Netlify Site ID

Did you know, you don’t need to save any of your credentials within the plugin if you are exporting via the UI (vs CRON/CLI). Just enter your credentials on the settings page and hit Start static site export. If you navigate away from the page, your credentials will not persist. You can also hit the Reset to default settings button to clear any settings you’ve saved for the plugin from your WordPress database.