A reusable navigation partial you can load on every page, so your menu is consistent and you only update it once.
Why this tool exists
If you run a static website, you still need shared navigation and a footer, but you don’t get a WordPress admin panel, and you can’t just install Yoast or a menu plugin. That’s the whole problem this tool solves.
The Ki-Ki Nav and Footer Generator creates nav.html and footer.html you can reuse across the site, so your layout stays consistent, your internal links stay clean, and your pages don’t quietly drift into orphan-land.
Shared nav for static sites
one menu, reused everywhere
Built for migrations
WordPress to static without losing structure
SEO hygiene you can actually keep
consistent internal linking, fewer messy URLs
No installs
No crawling
Static hosting friendly
Simple and reusable
The problem in plain English
WordPress makes this feel effortless
In WordPress you click around, you change a menu, and it appears everywhere. Plugins can also automate a bunch of structure, and Yoast is the obvious example because it’s doing sitemaps and “SEO housekeeping” for loads of people by default.
That’s fine, until you move away from WordPress, or you’ve never used it in the first place.
Static sites don’t come with a control panel
Static hosting is fast and simple, and it’s also cheap and stable, which is why people love it. But there’s no database, there’s no plugin system, and there’s no “global menu” button.
So people end up copy-pasting nav and footer markup across pages, then they forget to update half of it, and the site slowly becomes inconsistent.
What the tool actually does
You import your site structure, you choose what belongs in the menu, and you download two files. That’s it.
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Generates nav.html
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Generates footer.html
A reusable footer with your contact details and key links, and it includes an auto-updating year so it doesn’t rot.
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Helps keep URLs sane
It nudges you toward cleaner folder URLs like /contact/ instead of /contact/index.html, which keeps internal linking consistent and avoids subtle duplicate-page weirdness.
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Makes SEO basics easier to maintain
If your navigation is consistent, internal links are consistent too, and that matters for crawl paths and discoverability. It also reduces “forgotten pages” that never get linked properly.
When you should use it
You’re migrating from WordPress
You’ve taken a WordPress site and turned it into static pages for speed, simplicity, cost, or stability. Great choice, but you’ve just lost the menu editor and all the plugin convenience, so you need a replacement that doesn’t drag you back into a full CMS.
You’ve built a static site and you’re sick of copy-paste
You’ve got 30 pages and every page has its own slightly different nav and footer because you edited them at different times. This tool is the “stop doing that” button.
You’re shipping new pages frequently
If you add pages often, manual nav updates become a constant source of small errors. Shared partials fix that, and they make updates boring again, which is exactly what you want.
You care about structure and crawl paths
Strong internal linking isn’t magic, but it’s foundational, and it’s one of the few “SEO” things you can do that doesn’t feel like superstition. Clean navigation helps search engines and users, and it also makes your site feel intentional.
How to use it in 60 seconds
- Open the tool and import your site folder (Chrome or Edge), or paste a file list (Firefox).
- Select or auto-build your top menu items, and optionally create dropdowns.
- Download nav.html and footer.html.
- Upload both to your site root, so they exist at /nav.html and /footer.html.
- Your pages load the same nav and footer, and your site stays consistent.
FAQ
Do I need a framework?
No. This is for plain static sites. If you’re already using a static site generator, you might have templating built in, but plenty of people aren’t. This tool is for the real world.
Does this replace Yoast?
No, because Yoast is a WordPress plugin and this is a static workflow. What it does replace is the “menu and footer convenience” you lose when you leave WordPress. Pair it with the Ki-Ki sitemap tool if you want the basics covered.
Will this improve SEO?
It won’t magically rank you, and anyone who says it will is selling you incense. But consistent nav and internal links help search engines discover pages and help users navigate, so it improves crawl paths and site coherence, which is real.
Is this safe?
Yes. It runs in the browser, it isn’t crawling the internet, and it isn’t uploading your site anywhere. You’re just generating two local files to reuse.
Ready to stop copy-pasting nav markup?
Use the generator, get nav.html and footer.html, and make your site boring again. Boring is good here.