How to archive a wordpress site (make it read only)

Assuming you have shell access, or access to any Linux/Unix box, you could use wget to download the entire site to static html files:

wget --recursive --no-clobber --page-requisites --html-extension --domains domain.com http://domain.com

Then either upload or move these files to your web root (after backing up and removing your WP installation).

I imagine it’s also possible to do this via some sort of proxy/cache setup, but I can’t comment on the relative security of such an approach with any certainty.

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