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WordPress vs Grav: catalog facts
WordPress	Grav
Free Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with optional premium plugins sold separately.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Very large library of themes and plugins Visual block editor with live preview	No database needed, content is plain Markdown and YAML files Package manager for plugins, themes and core updates
Needs a PHP and database server to self-host Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating	Needs a PHP 8.3 server to host Moving from Grav 1.x to 2 requires a migration
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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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