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WordPress vs Craft CMS: catalog facts
WordPressCraft CMS
Free

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

Freemium

Paid editions, support plans and SLAs are available alongside community support.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Very large library of themes and plugins
  • Visual block editor with live preview
  • Content model is fully customisable rather than fixed
  • Twig templates or headless use through GraphQL
  • Needs a PHP and database server to self-host
  • Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
  • Needs a developer to build the front end
  • Not open source
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-2.0 License not stated
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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