diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 90a6e1e..578b526 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ add the following to the model class:
 It's better to put the PlaceholderField (here `content`) in a separate section.
 
 
-Static Placeholders
+Static Aliases
 -------------------
 
-If you also want to export the static placeholders of a page, some extra configuration
-is required. There is a setting called `EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS`.
+If you also want to export the static aliases of a page, some extra configuration
+is required. There is a setting called `EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES`.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS = {
-        'template_name': ['static_placeholder_code']
+    EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES = {
+        'template_name': ['static_alias_code']
     }
 
 So with the cms settings it will look like this:
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ So with the cms settings it will look like this:
 
     # test.html
     <div>
-        {% static_placeholder 'test-placeholder' %}
+        {% static_alias 'test-placeholder' %}
     </div>
 
     # settings.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ So with the cms settings it will look like this:
         ('test.html', _('Test page')),
     ]
 
-    EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS = {
+    EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES = {
         'test.html': ['test-placeholder']
     }
 
diff --git a/djangocms_export_page/export/common.py b/djangocms_export_page/export/common.py
index c8fa174..58d49af 100644
--- a/djangocms_export_page/export/common.py
+++ b/djangocms_export_page/export/common.py
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site
 from django.db.models import CharField, ForeignKey, TextField
 
-from cms.models import CMSPlugin, Placeholder, StaticPlaceholder
+from cms.models import CMSPlugin, Placeholder, StaticPlaceholder, Page
 from cms.models.fields import PlaceholderField
 from djangocms_page_meta.utils import get_page_meta
 
 from djangocms_export_page import settings
 
+from djangocms_alias.models import Alias
+
+
 from ..utils import clean_value
 
 Section = namedtuple("Section", ["name", "section", "components"])
@@ -101,9 +104,14 @@ def get_base_url(self):
         )
 
     def get_page_url(self):
-        return "{domain}{url}".format(
-            domain=self.get_base_url(), url=self.object.get_absolute_url(self.language)
-        )
+
+        # requires language to get teh URL
+        if isinstance(self.object, Page):
+            url = self.object.get_absolute_url(self.language)
+        else:
+            url = self.object.get_absolute_url()
+
+        return "{domain}{url}".format(domain=self.get_base_url(), url=url)
 
     def export(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -123,9 +131,9 @@ def get_data(self):
                 plugins = self.get_ordered_plugins(placeholder, self.language)
                 for plugin in plugins:
                     components.extend(self.get_components(plugin))
-            elif isinstance(section, StaticPlaceholder):
-                placeholder = section
-                plugins = self.get_ordered_plugins(placeholder.public, self.language)
+            elif isinstance(section, Alias):
+                placeholder = section.get_placeholder(self.language)
+                plugins = self.get_ordered_plugins(placeholder, self.language)
                 for plugin in plugins:
                     components.extend(self.get_components(plugin))
 
@@ -150,9 +158,9 @@ def get_sections(self):
                     )
                 )
         if hasattr(self.object, "template"):
-            codes = settings.EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS.get(self.object.template)
+            codes = settings.EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES.get(self.object.template)
             if codes:
-                queryset = StaticPlaceholder.objects.filter(code__in=codes)
+                queryset = Alias.objects.filter(static_code__in=codes)
                 sections.extend(self.get_static_placeholders(queryset))
 
         if self.page_meta:
@@ -259,11 +267,19 @@ def get_defined_components(self, obj, field_names=None):
         in the placeholder fields.
         """
         field_names = field_names if field_names else obj._export_page["fields"]
+
         model_fields = {f.name: f for f in obj._meta.fields}
-        fields = [(name, model_fields[name]) for name in field_names]
 
-        regular_fields = [f for f in fields if not isinstance(f[1], PlaceholderField)]
-        placeholder_fields = [f for f in fields if isinstance(f[1], PlaceholderField)]
+        regular_fields = []
+        placeholders = []
+
+        for field_name in field_names:
+            if field_name in model_fields:
+                regular_fields.append((field_name, model_fields[field_name]))
+            elif hasattr(obj, field_name):
+                attribute = getattr(obj, field_name)
+                print("Here", attribute)
+                placeholders.append(attribute)
 
         components = [
             Component(
@@ -273,8 +289,7 @@ def get_defined_components(self, obj, field_names=None):
             )
         ]
 
-        for field_name, field in placeholder_fields:
-            placeholder = getattr(obj, field_name)
+        for placeholder in placeholders:
             plugins = self.get_ordered_plugins(placeholder, self.language)
             for plugin in plugins:
                 components.extend(self.get_components(plugin))
diff --git a/djangocms_export_page/settings.py b/djangocms_export_page/settings.py
index 40197d4..fe030b2 100644
--- a/djangocms_export_page/settings.py
+++ b/djangocms_export_page/settings.py
@@ -1,12 +1,37 @@
 import sys
 
+from warnings import warn
+
+
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
 class _Settings(object):
+
+    _placeholder_dep_msg = (
+        "Static Placeholders are disabled form Django CMS 4. Pleas use djangocms-alias's static_alias "
+        "and use the EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES setting"
+    )
+
     @property
     def EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS(self):
-        return getattr(settings, "EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS", {})
+
+        warn(self._placeholder_dep_msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+        setting = getattr(settings, "EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS", {})
+        return setting
+
+    @property
+    def EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES(self):
+
+        old_setting = getattr(settings, "EXPORT_STATIC_PLACEHOLDERS", {})
+
+        if old_setting:
+            warn(self._placeholder_dep_msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+            return old_setting
+
+        return getattr(settings, "EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES", {})
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         return globals()[name]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c47c9b9..6f87fa3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "django~=3.2.0",
     "django-cms>=4.1",
-    "djangocms-page-meta@git+https://github.com/maykinmedia/djangocms-page-meta@77f464d93bcc4cb525814632b92a82738da5ef8e",
+    "djangocms-alias",
+    "djangocms-page-meta-maykin",
     "python-docx",
 ]
 
@@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ profile = "black"
 combine_as_imports = true
 skip = ["env", ".tox", ".history", ".eggs"]
 known_django = "django"
+known_cms = "cms"
 known_first_party="djangocms_export_page"
-sections=["FUTURE", "STDLIB", "DJANGO", "THIRDPARTY", "FIRSTPARTY", "LOCALFOLDER"]
+sections=["FUTURE", "STDLIB", "DJANGO", "CMS", "THIRDPARTY", "FIRSTPARTY", "LOCALFOLDER"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
diff --git a/testapp/models.py b/testapp/models.py
index dfb13c7..ccf7426 100644
--- a/testapp/models.py
+++ b/testapp/models.py
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 
+from django.utils.functional import cached_property
+from cms.models.fields import PlaceholderRelationField
+from cms.utils.placeholder import get_placeholder_from_slot
+
 from autoslug import AutoSlugField
 
 
 # Create your models here.
 class Blog(models.Model):
+
+    _export_page = {
+        "sections": [
+            {"name": "Meta", "fields": ["title", "slug", "date_posted"]},
+            {"name": "Body", "fields": ["content"]},
+        ],
+    }
+
     title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    content = models.TextField()
     slug = AutoSlugField(populate_from="title", editable=True, blank=True)
     date_posted = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
 
+    placeholders = PlaceholderRelationField()
+
+    @cached_property
+    def content(self):
+        return get_placeholder_from_slot(self.placeholders, "blog_content")
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
 
-    def get_absolute_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
         try:
             return reverse(
                 "blog:detail",
@@ -28,3 +45,7 @@ def get_absolute_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def get_title(self):
         return self.title
+
+    @property
+    def template(self):
+        return "blog.html"
diff --git a/testapp/settings.py b/testapp/settings.py
index 8cba2b7..d7dd3bd 100644
--- a/testapp/settings.py
+++ b/testapp/settings.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "easy_thumbnails",
     "djangocms_text_ckeditor",
     "meta",
+    "djangocms_alias",
     "djangocms_page_meta",
     "djangocms_export_page",
     "testapp",
diff --git a/testapp/templates/blog.html b/testapp/templates/blog.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9738928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/templates/blog.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+{% load cms_tags djangocms_alias_tags %}
+
+
+{% block content %}
+   
+    {% render_placeholder 'instance.blog_content' %}
+
+
+    {% static_alias 'footer' %}
+{% endblock content %}
+
diff --git a/testapp/templates/test.html b/testapp/templates/test.html
index facf9cf..f6b5a2d 100644
--- a/testapp/templates/test.html
+++ b/testapp/templates/test.html
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 
-{% load cms_tags %}
+{% load cms_tags djangocms_alias_tags %}
 
 
 {% block content %}
    
     {% placeholder 'test' %}
+
+    {% static_alias 'footer' %}
    
 {% endblock content %}
 
diff --git a/tests/factories.py b/tests/factories.py
index 95d0de7..7521a42 100644
--- a/tests/factories.py
+++ b/tests/factories.py
@@ -2,10 +2,37 @@
 
 from testapp.models import Blog
 
+from djangocms_alias.models import Alias, Category, AliasContent
+
 
 class BlogFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     class Meta:
         model = Blog
 
     title = factory.Faker("sentence", nb_words=4)
-    content = factory.Faker("text")
+
+
+class CategoryFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Category
+
+
+class AliasContentFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = AliasContent
+
+
+class AliasFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+
+    category = factory.SubFactory(CategoryFactory)
+
+    static_code = factory.Faker("word")
+
+    log = factory.RelatedFactory(
+        AliasContentFactory,
+        factory_related_name="alias",
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Alias
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index 59c308e..6635940 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase
+from cms.api import add_plugin
+from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase, override_settings
 
 from djangocms_export_page.export.common import PageExport
 from djangocms_export_page.export.docx import DocxPageExport
 
-from .factories import BlogFactory
+from .factories import BlogFactory, AliasFactory
 
 
 class ExportModelTests(TestCase):
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.language = "nl"
         self.request = RequestFactory().get(self.object.get_absolute_url())
 
+        static_alias = AliasFactory(static_code="footer")
+        self.static_placeholder = static_alias.get_placeholder(self.language)
+
     def test_model_export(self):
         export = DocxPageExport(self.request, self.object, language=self.language)
         export_file = export.export()
@@ -22,3 +26,18 @@ def test_page_url(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             export.page_url, "http://example.com" + self.object.get_absolute_url()
         )
+
+    @override_settings(EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES={"blog.html": ["footer"]})
+    def test_page_with_placeholders(self):
+        add_plugin(
+            self.object.content, "TextPlugin", self.language, body="Body Content"
+        )
+
+        add_plugin(
+            self.static_placeholder, "TextPlugin", self.language, body="footer info"
+        )
+        export = DocxPageExport(self.request, self.object, language=self.language)
+
+        data = export.get_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data[1].components[1].fields[0].value, "Body Content")
+        self.assertEqual(data[2].components[0].fields[0].value, "footer info")
diff --git a/tests/test_pages.py b/tests/test_pages.py
index d1c5f7a..2b27a61 100644
--- a/tests/test_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_pages.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase
+from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase, override_settings
 
 from cms.api import add_plugin, create_page, create_page_content
+
 from meta.views import Meta
 
 from djangocms_export_page.export.common import Field, PageExport
 from djangocms_export_page.export.docx import DocxPageExport
 
+from tests.factories import AliasFactory
+
 
 class ExportPageTests(TestCase):
     """
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
         self.request = RequestFactory().get("/nl/")
 
+        static_alias = AliasFactory(static_code="footer")
+        self.static_placeholder = static_alias.get_placeholder(self.language)
+
     def test_export_non_implemented(self):
         with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
             PageExport(self.request, self.page, language=self.language).export()
@@ -41,7 +47,6 @@ def test_page_url(self):
         export = PageExport(self.request, self.page, language=self.language)
         self.assertEqual(export.page_url, "http://example.com/nl/title-nl/")
 
-        en_export = PageExport(self.request, self.page, language="en")
         en_export = PageExport(self.request, self.page, language="en")
         self.assertEqual(en_export.page_url, "http://example.com/en/title-en/")
 
@@ -74,3 +79,20 @@ def test_page_with_control_char_in_text(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             export.get_data()[0].components[0].fields[0].value, "Some text"
         )
+
+    @override_settings(EXPORT_STATIC_ALIASES={"test.html": ["footer"]})
+    def test_page_with_static_alias(self):
+
+        add_plugin(self.placeholder, "TextPlugin", "nl", body="Some text \f")
+
+        add_plugin(self.static_placeholder, "TextPlugin", "nl", body="footer info")
+
+        export = DocxPageExport(self.request, self.page, language=self.language)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            export.get_data()[0].components[0].fields[0].value, "Some text"
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            export.get_data()[1].components[0].fields[0].value, "footer info"
+        )