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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Simply Static - The Static Site Generator] Feature Request, Working on Big Sites](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-working-on-big-sites/)
 *  [erickhavel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erickhavel/)
 * (@erickhavel)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-working-on-big-sites/#post-14071338)
 * > 1) Normally, you would not include the entire /uploads/ folder in your static
   > site, instead only that files which are actually used within the page.
 * If your site doesn’t have any orphan uploads (not used in any page) then all 
   of the images would be linked to from _somewhere_, leading to all of them having
   to be included in the static build. Or am I missing something?
 * In any case this is an awesome plugin and I will be using it for the many small
   sites I’m currently managing, simply to cut down on potential security issues.
   Thank you for your hard work, it will save me hours and hours of mine!
 * And if you were able to solve the issues with larger sites (way shorter build
   time essentially, at least on subsequent builds) I believe people could be interested
   in paying money for it as a premium plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Simply Static - The Static Site Generator] Feature Request, Working on Big Sites](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-working-on-big-sites/)
 *  [erickhavel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erickhavel/)
 * (@erickhavel)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-working-on-big-sites/#post-14038875)
 * I was also just experimenting with a large site and realized – after only 10%
   had been processed after an hour – that it’s not really viable for large sites
   currently.
 * Some thoughts/ideas:
 * 1. Wouldn’t it be faster to copy images from wp-content/uploads/ instead of making
   HTTP requests?
    2. Would it be possible to run something similar to rsync, checking
   whether files already exist in target directory, instead of starting every build
   from a blank slate?
 * #2 would probably speed up the process by a lot, for subsequent builds after 
   the initial “cache” has been built, as most of the data will be from wp-content/
   uploads/.

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