Simply Static Studio Backup and Migrate

Back up your WordPress site. Move it to Studio when you’re ready.

Simply Static Studio Backup and Migrate brings your database, media, active plugins, and theme together in a downloadable ZIP. Create a backup directly in WordPress, or send a complete backup to Simply Static Studio to migrate your site.

Creating and downloading backups is free. No account or subscription is needed.

What you can do

• Back up your WordPress database and site files.
• Choose whether to include plugins, themes, media, and the database.
• Start, pause, resume, or cancel a backup and follow its progress.
• Download your backup as a ZIP.
• Connect to Studio to transfer your site without downloading and uploading the archive yourself.
• Run backups from WP-CLI with wp sssbm backup run.

What is Simply Static Studio?

Simply Static Studio is managed hosting for static WordPress websites. You keep editing pages and posts in WordPress, while Studio hosts a fast, static version for your visitors.

Studio brings hosting, publishing, backups, and website management into one dashboard. Import a copy of your existing site, check it in a private preview, and choose when to go live.

Move your site to Studio

Open Push to Studio, connect your Studio account, and create a complete backup. While connected, completed backups transfer automatically when the backup page is open. Studio imports the archive into your selected destination.

Migration requires a Studio account and an eligible service plan. You can use local backups without connecting to Studio.

Learn more about Simply Static Studio

External services

Local backups and downloads run on your server without external services. Connecting to Studio uses:

• Simply Static Studio for sign-in and migration. It receives your email and login/session data, migration details, and the backup archive you transfer. Eligible HardyPress source URLs are sent for customer recognition. Terms · Privacy.
• Supabase for Studio authentication and private archive uploads. It processes login/session data and transferred backup archives. Privacy.
• Cloudflare Turnstile to protect sign-in code requests. It receives IP address, browser, and security-check information when you request a code. Privacy.

Optional migration progress in chat needs separate approval. Pairing shares your site URL, a random installation ID, and the plugin version with Studio. Approved sharing sends backup status, progress, and timestamps for up to 24 hours; transfer and destination tracking need another permission. It shares no logs, filenames, archive links, or backup contents and cannot control backups or transfers. Stop sharing in WordPress or revoke access in Studio; previously shared information remains.