Last checked: October 2026. Facts about other products come from their public pages, linked under Sources.
WP2Static crawls your WordPress site, writes a static copy and hands it to a deployment add-on — S3, Netlify, GitHub and others, each maintained as a separate plugin. It is free, GPL-licensed and for years was the default open-source answer. Pinery Static solves a narrower problem: one plugin that exports WordPress and deploys it straight to Cloudflare Pages, while keeping the dynamic parts of the site working.
What happened to WP2Static?
Strattic, a managed static-hosting company, took over WP2Static in 2021. Elementor later acquired Strattic and announced that its static hosting would no longer be available from January 1, 2025. The WP2Static code is still public on GitHub under the Elementor organisation, but independent observers describe it as unmaintained. Before you build on it, look at the repository’s recent commits and open issues, and plan for maintaining the setup yourself.
At a glance
| WP2Static | Pinery Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, open source (GPL) | Free plan; Plus $59.99 or Pro $299, one-time per site |
| Development | Ownership changed in 2021 and again with Elementor; current activity uncertain | Actively developed — v2.3 released October 2026 |
| Deploy to Cloudflare Pages | Through a separate deployment add-on | Built in — pure-PHP Direct Upload, no Node or wrangler |
| Setup | Core plugin plus one add-on per destination | One settings page and a Cloudflare API token |
| Large sites on shared hosting | Limited by your server’s timeouts | Batched, resumable export and upload; incremental re-exports |
| Comments, search, contact forms | Not handled by the core plugin | Keep working, proxied to WordPress (Pro) |
| WooCommerce | Not handled | Live prices, stock and add-to-cart on static pages (Pro) |
| Keep your domain, roll back | Not included | Bundled Cloudflare Worker router and one-click rollback (Pro) |
Where WP2Static is still the better fit
If you want free code you can read and modify, and you deploy somewhere other than Cloudflare — your own S3 bucket, an FTP server, a git repository — WP2Static’s add-on model is more flexible. Pinery Static only deploys to Cloudflare Pages. Developers who are comfortable fixing PHP themselves can keep a WP2Static pipeline running for a long time.
Where Pinery Static is the better fit
If you have already chosen Cloudflare Pages, Pinery Static removes most of the assembly work. Export, upload and incremental re-exports live in one plugin; uploads are hashed with BLAKE3, so unchanged files are skipped; and the free plan has no page limit. Pro adds what usually breaks when a WordPress site goes static — comments, search, contact forms and WooCommerce — plus auto-deploy on publish and a Worker router that lets you keep your domain and switch back to WordPress at any time.
Moving from WP2Static to Pinery Static
- Install Pinery Static on the same WordPress site. It does not change WP2Static’s settings.
- Add your Cloudflare account ID and an API token with Cloudflare Pages edit permission, then run the connection test.
- Run a full export to a new Pages project and check it on its pages.dev address.
- Point your domain — or the Pro Worker router — at the new project, then deactivate WP2Static.
Which should you choose?
- WP2Static — you want free, open-source code, deploy to targets other than Cloudflare, and are ready to maintain the setup yourself.
- Pinery Static — you deploy to Cloudflare Pages and want export, deploy and the dynamic features handled by one supported plugin.
Frequently asked questions
Is WP2Static still maintained?
Its code is public on GitHub, but after Strattic and then Elementor took it over, development slowed and independent sources describe it as unmaintained. Check the repository’s recent activity before you rely on it.
Is there a free WP2Static alternative for Cloudflare Pages?
Yes. Pinery Static’s free plan exports and deploys an unlimited number of pages directly to Cloudflare Pages. Simply Static’s free version can also export a ZIP file that you upload yourself.
Can comments and WooCommerce keep working on a static site?
Not with a plain export. Pinery Static Pro proxies comments, search and contact forms back to WordPress, and loads live WooCommerce prices, stock and add-to-cart on the static pages.