Prepare
ZIP for Website Upload
Website ZIPs often fail on upload due to incorrect root folder structure, hidden Mac/Windows files, node_modules being included, or missing index.html. This tool validates the structure, warns about common problems, and builds an upload-ready ZIP.
Browser — runs in your browser, no uploadZIP, Folder
Input formats
ZIPFolder
Output formats
ZIP
Common uses
- Upload a static HTML website to a host
- Submit a WordPress theme via wp-admin
- Upload a WordPress plugin
- Package a web project for Netlify Drop
- Submit a website to a school or client portal
Limitations
- Cannot deploy — only packages and validates the ZIP for upload.
- Structure detection is based on common patterns and may not cover every hosting provider.
Frequently asked questions
When you ZIP a folder, some tools create theme/theme/files instead of theme/files. Hosting and WordPress may reject or mishandle this. This tool detects and warns about nested root folders.
__MACOSX, .DS_Store, Thumbs.db, desktop.ini, and optionally node_modules and .git if they are detected in a developer project.
The tool looks for style.css, index.php, and functions.php to identify WordPress theme ZIPs and checks for required files.