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Contao vs WordPress: catalog facts
Contao	WordPress
Free Free and open source under the LGPL-3.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Multiple sites and languages in one installation Four years of support for LTS versions	Very large library of themes and plugins Visual block editor with live preview
Smaller international community than the largest CMSs Requires a PHP server to host	Needs a PHP and database server to self-host Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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