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WordPress vs Textpattern: catalog facts
WordPress	Textpattern
Free Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Very large library of themes and plugins Visual block editor with live preview	Tag-based templates with clean HTML output Lean core extendable with plugins
Needs a PHP and database server to self-host Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating	Requires PHP and MySQL hosting Smaller plugin and theme ecosystem than larger CMSes
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
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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