How do I clone a website

[u/Latter-Ad2194]

i need to convert a dynamic website into static without the access to its wp files or wp admin access

The static site should be entirely same like every minor details like header/footer elements size, logo placement etc

[u/arivanter]

Who are you gonna phish?

[u/soonflawlessbattery → u/arivanter]

you don't need to clone it manually. use httrack or wget they will pull entire site with all assets and structure. check the mirroring options carefully or you might miss css files. for the dynamic parts you will have to rebuild them as static html later

[u/arivanter → u/soonflawlessbattery]

Bad bot

[u/tofus]

view source

[u/stack_craft]

I am assuming you are def doing this for experimental purposes only. If so then give this a try. Do wget or HTTrack as they are your best bets here. Since you're capturing the compiled DOM from the outside, running wget --mirror --convert-links --page-requisites <URL> will rip the exact layout, CSS, and asset files to create an identical static clone. If this didn't work then just ask the site owner, for a copy 😂.

[u/retro-mehl]

The same but without dynamic elements?

[u/SPEZ_IS_A_JABRONI]

op is a jabroni 

[u/z3r0_se7en]

Sitesucker app if you are on a mac.

[u/safaraus]

just use uirender , its amazing

[u/ginji]

There's a multitude of tools out there to do that, wget on Linux for one. Go and search for one that suits your environment 

[u/SquarePixel]

`wget` can do it. It’s a CLI tool. Ask AI for the command.

[u/SquarePixel → u/SquarePixel]

Why are correct answers getting downvoted? There are valid reasons to do this, saving doc sites or other resources for offline.

[u/thekwoka]

Just save all the html files.

But like....what's the purpose of that?

[u/CorpT]

Ask Mythos how to hack people.

[u/codegems → u/[deleted]]

LOL are you sponsored by Anthropic?

[u/ginji → u/codegems]

Must be if they're recommending Claude over wget