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HaloWordPress
Freemium

The open-source edition is free; a paid commercial shop edition is available.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Plugin and theme marketplace
  • Rich text and Markdown editor built in
  • Very large library of themes and plugins
  • Visual block editor with live preview
  • Documentation and interface mainly in Chinese
  • Shop features aimed at the Chinese market
  • 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: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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