Extract text from SSI web pages (SHTML)
To convert SHTML web pages to another format, you need Apache HTTP Server or other Web software.
To convert other file formats to the "Server-Side Includes HTML" file type, you need software like Apache HTTP Server or a similar tool.
An .SHTML file is a web page written in HTML that contains special server directives known as Server-Side Includes (SSI). When a visitor requests the page, a web server like Apache HTTP Server or Nginx parses the file, executes the SSI commands (such as injecting a shared navigation bar, footer, or dynamic timestamp), and sends standard HTML back to the browser. This allows developers to reuse code across multiple pages without using a full backend language.
The major disadvantage of the .SHTML format is its reliance on legacy server-side processing. Without an active web server configured to parse SSI, opening an .SHTML file directly in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox will fail to render the included elements, often displaying raw, unparsed code like <!--#include virtual="header.html" -->. Furthermore, the format is widely abused by threat actors; a large percentage of .SHTML files distributed via email are actually malicious phishing lures designed to execute obfuscated JavaScript and steal credentials.
To make these files usable offline or migrate them to modern environments, conversion is highly recommended. Converting .SHTML to standard HTML results in a static page, though you will lose the dynamic inclusion functionality. Most modern developers convert these files to PHP or JS frameworks, which handle templating far better than outdated SSI technology. You can also convert them to TXT to safely review the source code.
Because .SHTML files rely on external server resources that are absent on a local computer, viewing them perfectly offline is difficult.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SHTML file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SHTM, HTML, PDF, MHTML, JPG, GFX, CRDOWNLOAD, LIB, CONFIG and MAP files.
If you want to convert SHTML file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Apache HTTP Server or similar software from the "Server-Side Include Web Page" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to SHTML, try Apache HTTP Server or another comparable tool in the "Server-Side Include Web Page" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SHTML converter.