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Static WordPress sites work a little differently than traditional WordPress sites. After the static site is launched, it does not have a connection to the WordPress database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This can affect native WordPress functionality, like search and comments. Certain types of WordPress Plugins may also not function as expected with a static site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress themes generally have no problems, unless they come with special functionality like forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, we go over the things we do at Elementor to make many of these features work as well as static-friendly tools you can use to replace WordPress plugins not compatible with static sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We automatically replace the WordPress search with a custom Algolia solution. Advanced Search with filters that rely on query parameters is not supported yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, native WordPress comments are not supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Disqus<\/a>, FB comments and other third-party comments are supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This feature is supported on Elementor Static sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This feature is supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This feature is supported on Static sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not supported yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We support Elementor Forms<\/a>, Contact Form 7<\/a>, and Gravity Forms<\/a> out of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We don’t yet support WooCommerce functionality. There are lots of alternative solutions that would work on a static site such as Ecwid<\/a> and Snipcart<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We don’t yet support membership login functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We support several third-party forum solutions such as Discourse. We do not yet support WordPress forum plugins such as BuddyPress or bbPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Static sites do not support Ajax Get requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Static sites do not support query parameters that would change the content on the page. However, query parameters like UTM, GCLID, etc are supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can add infinite scrolling using these plugins: DMD Infinite Scroll<\/a>, WP EasyScroll Posts<\/a> and YITH Infinite Scrolling<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caching plugins are not needed on Static sites. The best practice is to disable any caching functionality. It is recommended to maintain any minification functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Security plugins are not needed on Static sites. The best practice is to disable them so that they are not using server resources and putting any unneeded load on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes! Images should be optimized to the smallest possible size using a tool like https:\/\/tinypng.com<\/a> or WordPress plugins such as Imagify<\/a> or Cloudinary<\/a>. This can have a very significant impact on load time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes! HTML, CSS, and JS should be minified to improve site performance. This can be done using plugins such as Autoptimize<\/a> or WP-Rocket<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes! We built out support so that you can AMP-lify posts and pages with AMP for WP<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n SEO plugins like Yoast SEO<\/a> and RankMath<\/a> are supported, including support for sitemaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We support the Redirection<\/a>, Safe Redirect Manager<\/a>, Simple 301 Redirects<\/a> and Yoast Premium<\/a> plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We support Polylang<\/a> and WPML<\/a>. GTranslate is not supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Make sure that your theme uses absolute dates (April 3, 1999) instead of relative dates (1 day ago).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Custom field plugins like ACF<\/a>( Advanced Custom Fields) are supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We built out support for Coschedule<\/a>, a popular way to manage social media postings!<\/p>\n\n\n\nPassword Protected Pages<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Scheduled Posts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Feeds<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Multisite<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Dynamic Functionality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Forms<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
eCommerce<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Memberships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Forums<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ajax Get requests <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Query parameters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Infinite Scrolling<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Caching plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Security plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Image Optimization Plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Minification (HTML, CSS, JS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
AMP<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
SEO Plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Redirection Plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Multilingual Plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Relative dates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Custom fields<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Coschedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n