Title: Plugins vs SSR
Last modified: August 26, 2022

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# Plugins vs SSR

 *  Resolved [Hasse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hassesthlm/)
 * (@hassesthlm)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-vs-ssr/)
 * I wonder how big the difference is between this plugin and different SSR solutions?
   Is there a comparison guide between this and other free plugins such as “Simply
   Static” that also create static HTML pages?
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by [Hasse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hassesthlm/).

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Mark (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thingalon/)
 * (@thingalon)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-vs-ssr/#post-16057328)
 * Hi [@hassesthlm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hassesthlm/),
 * I’m afraid I’m not familiar with Simply Static, so I can’t comment on that plugin
   specifically.
 * However, I can describe the difference between a static site generator (like 
   Simply Static), and a caching plugin (like WP Super Cache).
 * Caching plugins don’t change the way your site works. The first time a user visits
   any page on your site, a copy of its HTML is saved and served to the next visitors
   until the HTML needs to be regenerated.
 * Caching plugins (including WP Super Cache) can be configured to pre-generate 
   all of the pages on your site, too – so that visitors to your site will almost
   always be served a quick pre-generated page.
 * On the other hand, site generators like Simply Static generate a whole copy of
   your site as a directory full of HTML files, which can be served to your users
   without running WordPress at all.
 * As a general rule, I would recommend caching for almost any WordPress site, as
   it can improve the performance without altering the way it works. Static pre-
   generation can work for some sites, but I would not recommend it for any site
   with e-commerce, user accounts, or dynamic content that relies on communicating
   with the server.

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 * [cache plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cache-plugin/)
 * [static html](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/static-html/)

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 * Last reply from: [Mark (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thingalon/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-vs-ssr/#post-16057328)
 * Status: resolved