=== Static Snap ===
Contributors: staticsnap
Tags: static site generator, performance, SEO, security, headless
Requires at least: 6.5.0
Tested up to: 6.8.2
Stable tag: 0.3.6
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Static Snap converts your WordPress site into a static website, boosting performance, security, scalability, and SEO.

== Description ==
**Static Snap** is a powerful WordPress plugin that transforms your dynamic WordPress site into a static website, enabling seamless integration and deployment across various hosting services.

== Advantages of Using Static Snap ==
1. 🛡️ **Enhanced Security**: By converting dynamic WordPress sites to static formats, Static Snap minimizes security risks associated with dynamic content and databases, significantly reducing susceptibility to hacking and malware attacks.

2. ⚡ **Increased Speed and Performance**: Static sites generated by Static Snap load faster than dynamic sites since they are served directly from a CDN, eliminating server-side processing. This results in quicker access times, enhancing user experience and engagement.

3. 💵 **Reduced Hosting Costs**: Static Snap allows the use of less resource-intensive hosting solutions, which can be cheaper or even free, significantly lowering overall website maintenance costs.

4. 🔧 **Simplified Maintenance**: Users can manage their site content via WordPress while Static Snap serves a static version, blending ease of management with enhanced stability and reliability.

5. 📈 **SEO Benefits**: With faster load times and increased reliability, static sites often rank better in search engine results. Static Snap maintains WordPress's SEO capabilities while improving site performance.

6. ⬆️  **Scalability and Reliability**: Static Snap ensures that static sites are more scalable and reliable under high traffic conditions, maintaining uptime and performance during peak times.

7. 🔍 **Preserved Functionality**: Essential dynamic features, such as search and form capabilities, are retained in the static version of the site, ensuring no functional compromise with Static Snap.

8. 🔁  **Automated Backups to GitHub**: Static Snap automatically pushes the static site to a connected GitHub account, providing robust version control and secure backups. This facilitates easy tracking of changes and reverting to previous versions.

9. 🌳 **Eco-friendly Hosting**: By reducing server resource needs, Static Snap supports more sustainable hosting, aligning with eco-friendly practices.

10. 📋  **Content Management Efficiency**: Users benefit from the familiar WordPress interface for content management while enjoying the performance advantages of a static site.

== Contributing ==
Contributions to the Static Snap plugin are welcome! Please read our contributing guidelines on our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/static-snap/static-snap) to get started.

== Third-Party Services ==

This plugin utilizes third-party services to provide certain functionalities. Below is the information regarding the external services used:

= Static Snap API =
   - **Description**: This plugin communicates with the Static Snap API to manage certain operations related to the plugin's functionality. This includes transmitting data such as user configurations and usage data.
   - **Circumstances of Use**: The API is utilized only if the user chooses to enable additional functionality. These extra functionalities include integration with GitHub and the ability to save static forms using the API.
   - **API Link**: [Static Snap API](https://api.staticsnap.com)
   - **Terms of Service and Privacy Policy**: [Static Snap Terms of Service](https://staticsnap.com/terms-and-conditions) | [Static Snap Privacy Policy](https://staticsnap.com/privacy-policy)

== Changelog ==
= 0.3.3 - 2025-06-03 =
* Bug fixes

= 0.3.2 - 2025-06-03 =
* Added PowCaptcha integration to maintain privacy-first standards.

= 0.3.1 - 2024-12-19 =
* Bugs fixes

= 0.3.0 - 2024-12-13 =
* Add support for WP Forms Lite

= 0.2.9 - 2024-12-11 =
* Add support for Contact Form 7 email notifications.
* Fix WP Forms extension name

= 0.2.8 - 2024-12-06 =
* Add support for Gravity Forms email notifications.
* Allow to disable forms after they have been enabled.

= 0.2.7 - 2024-12-03 =
* Add Submit Actions API: Enables sending emails, displaying popups, redirecting, and executing webhooks after a form is submitted. Currently, this feature is exclusive to Elementor forms.

= 0.2.6 - 2024-11-22 =
* Fetch assets after fetching posts to address Elementor’s uncompiled CSS not generating during build time
* Ensure the tooltip and menu appear above the admin menu bar when they are too close

= 0.2.5 - 2024-11-19 =
* Fix: BLOB, TEXT, GEOMETRY or JSON can't have a default value

= 0.2.4 - 2024-11-18 =
* Fix: Save options issue resolved.
* Tested up to: WordPress 6.7.0.

= 0.2.3 - 2024-11-18 =
* First approved WordPress version release.
* General security fixes.

= 0.1.0 - 2024-09-11 =
* Initial release of Static Snap.

