Methods, systems, and techniques for deploying target websites, especially those created using a third party content management system (“CMS”) for developing websites such as WORDPRESS are provided. Example embodiments provide a CMS Deployment System (“CDS”) or CMS Deployment Application (“CDA”), which enables users to create content locally using all of the resources of the CMS and then manage and deploy the target website using a versioning process and in a more secure form on a target server. In one embodiment, the CDS/CDA exports the CMS website instance as flat HTML files, manages these files using a versioning system, and then deploys them on the target server without requiring user expertise. An example CDS/CDA includes an install facility, an export facility, and a deployment facility, which cooperate to deploy secure websites created using standard CMS tools.