Cloudflare Access-Friendly WordPress Static Page Generator (cf-static)

A WordPress plugin that generates a fully static version of your site — even when protected by Cloudflare Access — and optionally deploys it directly to Cloudflare Pages using Wrangler.

Built for developers who want:

• Static exports of Access-protected WordPress sites
• Easy deployment to Cloudflare Pages

Perfect for private staging WordPress websites that are locked behind Cloudflare Access!

Features

• 🔐 Cloudflare Access support
  Authenticates using CF Access service tokens (Client ID + Secret) to bypass Access during static generation.

• 🧱 Static site generation
  Crawls your WordPress frontend and exports clean HTML files.

• 📦 Asset crawling

  • Downloads theme, plugin, and upload assets
  • Handles src, href, and srcset
  • Copies required WordPress core JS (jQuery, etc.)

• 🧩 Plugin JavaScript selection

  • Choose which active plugins’ JS should be included
  • Automatically excludes admin-only JS

• 🚫 Admin JS sanitization

  • Removes admin-specific JavaScript from the final static build

• ❌ Optional 404.html generation

  • Generates a static 404.html by crawling a user-defined invalid page.

• ☁️ Cloudflare Pages deployment

  • Deploy directly via Wrangler CLI
  • Supports production and preview branches

• 📦 Downloadable ZIP

  • Automatically generates a ZIP archive of the static site

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0+
• PHP 8.0+
• cURL enabled
• ZipArchive enabled
• Wrangler CLI (required only for Cloudflare Pages deployment)

Wrangler installation guide:
https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/cli-wrangler/install-update/

Installation

1. Download the latest release's ZIP file
2. Upload it via WordPress Admin → Plugins → Add Plugin → Upload Plugin
3. Activate the plugin

Cloudflare Access Setup (Optional)

If your site is protected by Cloudflare Access:

1. Create a Service Token in Cloudflare Zero Trust
2. Copy the:

• Client ID
• Client Secret

3. Paste both values into the plugin settings

⚠️ Important:
Static generation will fail if only one of the two fields is filled.
Either provide both, or leave both empty.

Usage

Generate Static Site

1. Open CF Static Generator in WordPress admin
2. (Optional) Enter CF Access credentials
3. Select plugins whose JS should be included
4. (Optional) Enable Generate 404.html, and define the invalid page to crawl (default will be */example-page)
5. Click Generate Static Site

After generation:

• A ZIP file will be created
• A download button will appear
• The static site will be stored internally in /static

Deploy to Cloudflare Pages

Requires Wrangler CLI installed and accessible on the server

1. Fill in:

• Project Name
• Branch (main for production)
• Cloudflare Account ID
• API Token (Pages Edit permission required)

2. Click Deploy to Cloudflare Pages

Credentials can be optionally remembered (not recommended on shared servers).

Since v1.3.0: Now with automatic generation + deployment that runs on a schedule via WP-Cron

Security Notes

• CF Access tokens and API tokens are stored only if explicitly allowed
• Tokens are never embedded into the static output
• Admin JavaScript files are removed from the build
• Deployment uses environment variables for Wrangler

Author

Developed by skuntank.dev

🌐 https://skuntank.dev

📧 skuntank@skuntank.dev

License

GPL-2.0 license