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WordPressConcrete CMS
Free

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

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Very large library of themes and plugins
  • Visual block editor with live preview
  • Permissive MIT licence
  • Long-running project with legacy branches available
  • Needs a PHP and database server to self-host
  • Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
  • Needs a PHP server and Composer to install
  • Older concrete5 sites need upgrading to reach version 9
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: MIT
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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