by Ben Balter 3.5 (12 reviews)

Static Site Exporter

Name: Static Site Exporter
Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)
Author: Ben Balter

Export WordPress posts and pages to Markdown and YAML for Jekyll, Hugo, and other static site generators.

Static Site Exporter ranks #9,357 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #852 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 3.5/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Oct 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.4.0 Current Version v4.4.0

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 11 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#852 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 25% by installs Downloads +298% this week Actively maintained

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#9,357

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Active Installs

400+

-18.2%

KW Avg Position

14.3

0.3 worse

Downloads

41.9K

+20 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

70%

Review 3.5 out of 5

3.5 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 81%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.5

12 reviews

Overall 70%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jun 27, 2017

Static Site Exporter [jekyll-exporter] < 2.2.1

CVE-2017-9841 · Fixed in v2.2.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.4.0
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2026
Requires WP: 6.4+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: Ben Balter

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.5
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

export hugo jekyll markdown static site

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and developers who want to migrate their content to Jekyll (or other Markdown/YAML-based static site engines). It converts posts, pages, and settings from the WordPress database into Markdown files with YAML front matter, packaged as a single zip file, with options to export only specific categories, tags, or post types.