WordPress
WordPress describes itself as «The open source publishing platform of choice for millions of websites worldwide» and covers the creation, management, and publication of website content.
It can be operated on-premises / self-hosted. The software is actively maintained and, according to the repository's license file, licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. It is built with PHP.
Fact Sheet
- Categories
- Status
- Actively maintained
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Operation
- On-Premises / Self-hosted
- Technologies
- PHP
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Unknown: not specified
- MCP server
- Yes: Open source Source
Open-Source Alternatives
Match in All Categories
The following products are assigned to the categories «Content Management Systems (CMS)» and «Website Builders», just like «WordPress», and match all of them.
Further down, you can find alternatives per category that do not share all categories with «WordPress».
In the Category «Content Management Systems (CMS)»
Drupal
Drupal builds websites and manages structured content. Organizations can adapt the CMS to a wide range of requirements.
- CMS
Ghost
Ghost publishes website content and newsletters and manages paid subscriptions on one platform.
- CMS
- Website Builders
Joomla
Joomla builds websites and web applications and manages their content through a content management system.
- CMS
XWiki
XWiki manages company knowledge and public wiki pages with a visual editor, search, versioning, and access rights. An optional paid app adds team calendars.
- Calendar
- CMS
- Knowledge Bases