What’s The Easiest Way To Add A Static HTML Page To WordPress?

Today you will learn how to add a static HTML page to your WordPress website. This hack is based on the default settings - no additional tools or coding required. 

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Prerequisites

You will need a WordPress website and a static HTML template. We will use this simple landing page and our test website built with the WildRide GPL WordPress theme. You can learn about the customization of this theme in this article. You can use any WordPress theme and any HTML page/template.

Create an empty folder

First of all, you need to create a new empty folder in the root folder of your WordPress website. Typically, it is located here: /public_html/. Our example is an addon domain; that’s why its address is /public_html/wildride1/. So, the location of our HTML template will be /public_html/wildride1/landing/, where ‘landing’ is the name of the folder with our template. There are many ways to upload files to your hosting. You can use a standalone file manager (e.g. Total Commander or FileZilla), but we will use the default browser-based File Manager available in CPanel.

Step 1: Go to your CPanel and open File Manager.

Step 2: Create an empty folder in the root of your WordPress website.

Upload your static HTML template

You are not allowed to upload regular folders, but you can upload .ZIP files and unzip them right in the file manager. The process is quick and painless.

Step 3: Extract only the template files; ignore sources, screenshots, documentation, etc. In our case you need the contents of the ‘site’ folder:

Step 4: Rename the index.html file to index.php.

Step 5: Add all the files to a .ZIP archive.

Step 6: Now go to the file manager, and upload your .ZIP file into the folder you’ve just created.

Step 7: When it’s done, right-click the .ZIP file, and choose ‘Extract’.

Step 8: Delete the .ZIP file. If your server doesn't support redirecting out of the box, try adding this line to the .htaccess file, which is situated in the root folder of your WordPress website.

RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.(php|html?)$ /$1 [R=301,NC,L]

Get more info in this thread on Stackoverflow.

Wrapping up

Congratulations! Now your static HTML page is incorporated into your WordPress website and can be accessed using a fancy, user-friendly address. Don't hesitate to visit our collections of WordPress themes, HTML templates, and landing pages, and create your awesome combination. And if you have a nice HTML template - we can convert it to the WordPress website. You won't have to do a thing - our Service Center will do everything for you.

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