Getting Started
Requirements, install, and the first Full Rebuild — in that order.
New site? Start here. Tivlo SSG (plugin Tivlo Static Site, folder
tivlo-static-site) exports published URLs as HTML under
wp-content/tivlo-static/ and can serve those files to people who are
not logged in.
You need WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+, pretty permalinks (anything except
Plain), a writable wp-content/ folder, and the ability for
WordPress to visit its own public URLs. The admin lives at
Settings → Tivlo Static Site.
If that last sentence made you picture a developer with three terminals open: you only need the Permalinks screen and the Tivlo settings screen. The rest is “can WordPress write a folder and load its own homepage?” — which a normal host already can.
Requirements
The short checklist before the first export.
Installation
Activate the plugin and confirm the settings screen appears.
First export
Save Plugin Settings, Full Rebuild, then verify in a private window.
Suggested order (do not skip permalinks)
Skim requirements,
especially pretty permalinks and a writable
wp-content/tivlo-static/ folder. Plain permalinks (?p=123) can
only export the home page. That is not a bug — those URLs cannot
become tidy folders.
Install and activate so Settings → Tivlo Static Site shows up in the menu.
Follow First export. The defaults are already aimed at a typical blog or brochure site. You do not need to understand every toggle on day one.
Test in a private / incognito window. While you are logged into wp-admin you are still in the kitchen. The dining room is the private window. Logged-in editors skip static serving by default, so you will not see the static header next to the admin bar — and that is working as designed.
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