Static site generator

[adamziel]

It would be cool to explore the Playground as a web-based static-site generator. So, like Strattic but web-based and without a server.

• Create your site with Gutenberg in a Playground
• Export to static HTML+CSS+JS+images+fonts files (you can already do it today with a plugin)
• Export to a CDN with one click
• Still edit that static site via /wp-admin thanks to WordPress Playground 😆

Kudos to @michalczaplinski for proposing

[adamziel]

Say the export feature generated:

• Static assets
• Playground export that can be restored later on

Then you could manage a truly static WordPress website while retaining dynamic management capabilities.

You could even version that site in a Git repo.

[aehlke]

Is there a plugin that can already be used effectively with the playground, before this functionality is built-in?

[adamziel]

WordPress Plugin directory has a few, although I didn't try any of them: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/static+site/

[adamziel]

cc @ellatrix

[michalczaplinski]

I've tried a few of them and they are quite similar in terms of features. There is also https://wp2static.com/ which isn't in the plugin directory - it was bought by Strattic some time ago.

[ellatrix]

I've been thinking about this since building Blocknotes a few months ago :) It's quite similar because like Jekyll you store the posts, pages and templates like static HTML/MD files, then generate the site from that.

[adamziel]

Looping in @rhildred @diy-pwa

[adamziel]

Playground now has all the necessary technical pre-requisites to handle static site generation. I've been exploring that at https://github.com/adamziel/playground-docs-workflow

[aehlke]

Does it work well enough to use now or is there still work pending in playground? Thank you