Heya folks,
Question about static WordPress pages and page builders. I have a series of webpages that mostly exist as one-page 'project explainers' with a bunch of links. Fairly straightforward stuff showing some art and info. I used to host these as dynamic site, until one of my colleagues explained you could basically make these static and host them on Cloudflare for free. Example site: https://dividedstates-project.com/
This is a pretty huge realisation for me, because I've been paying monthly fees for pagebuilders and hosting without ever realizing this. Now, I am getting to grips with offline WordPress editors like Studio. These seem to be extremely straightforward, allowing me to install plugins and page builders directly on the localhost. A lot of these still lock features behind a paywall. My questions are as follows:
• can I simply pay for a month of Elementor / Divi / pick whatever and build the site, then cancel the subscription and keep the static site up without issue?
• Are there good free WordPress pagebuilders you can recommend? I googled 'Open Source WordPress page builders' and found stuff like https://livecomposerplugin.com/ – not sure how legitimate or hidden-paywall any of these are
Any tips and help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Vincent
>*• can I simply pay for a month of Elementor / Divi / pick whatever and build the site, then cancel the subscription and keep the static site up without issue?*
Yes.
>*Are there good free WordPress pagebuilders you can recommend? I googled ‘Open Source WordPress page builders’ and found stuff like* [*https://livecomposerplugin.com/*](https://livecomposerplugin.com/) *- not sure how legitimate or hidden-paywall any of these are*
Never heard of livecomposer. Gutenberg is free. Elementor has a free version (Pro is only $59 for a year).
You can build a WP site locally using [localwp.com](https://localwp.com), export it using Simply Static and host it on Cloudflare.