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WordPress

Who runs WordPress, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest content management system alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Joomla

Measured from WordPress’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs WordPress

WordPress wordpress.org

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

Wikidata: content management system

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
First copy in the Internet Archive ↗
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What WordPress tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

5 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to WordPress

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to WordPress, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than WordPressNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

18 of the 60 sites closest to WordPress match.

  1. 01
    Ghost ghost.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform

    Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.

    Compare Ghost with WordPress →
  2. 02
    MyBB mybb.com No trackers

    MyBB - Free and Open Source Forum Software

    The official homepage for MyBB, a free and open source PHP forum software.

    Compare MyBB with WordPress →
  3. 03
    Blogger blogger.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.

    Publish your passions your way. Whether you’d like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog.

    Compare Blogger with WordPress →
  4. 04
    Strikingly strikingly.com English No trackers

    How To Make a Website – Free Website Builder | Strikingly

    Strikingly is the best free website builder for anyone to create a gorgeous, mobile-friendly website easily. Quick, simple and stylish. Make your own free website today.

    Compare Strikingly with WordPress →
  5. 05
    Weebly weebly.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Free Website Builder: Build a Free Website or Online Store | Weebly

    Weebly’s free website builder makes it easy to create a website, blog, or online store. Find customizable templates, domains, and easy-to-use tools for any type of business website.

    Compare Weebly with WordPress →
  6. 06
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

    Compare Odoo with WordPress →
  7. 07
    Carrd carrd.co Top 10K English No trackers

    Carrd - Simple, free, fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything

    A free platform for building simple, fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything.

    Compare Carrd with WordPress →
  8. 08
    Hyvor® hyvor.com English No trackers

    HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry

    Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.

    Compare Hyvor® with WordPress →
  9. 09
    Carbonmade carbonmade.com English No trackers

    Carbonmade - Your Online Portfolio

    Carbonmade helps you show off your work and get discovered. Perfect for photographers, illustrators, motion designers, graphic designers, copywriters or anyone else who creates. NO coding needed, fully customizable layouts with everything included.

    Compare Carbonmade with WordPress →
  10. 10
    Cargo cargo.site English No trackers

    Cargo

    Site builder for designers and artists

    Compare Cargo with WordPress →
  11. 11
    Appwrite appwrite.io English No trackers

    Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents

    Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.

    Compare Appwrite with WordPress →
  12. 12
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

    Compare Zotero with WordPress →
  13. 13
    DreamHost dreamhost.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost

    DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!

    Compare DreamHost with WordPress →
  14. 14
    erpnext.com English No trackers

    Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext

    ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!

    Compare erpnext.com with WordPress →
  15. 15
    MySQL mysql.com Top 1K English No trackers

    MySQL

    Open-source relational database management system

    Compare MySQL with WordPress →
  16. 16
    Neocities neocities.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Neocities: Create your own free website!

    Create and surf awesome websites for free.

    Compare Neocities with WordPress →
  17. 17
    Firefox firefox.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com

    The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.

    Compare Firefox with WordPress →
  18. 18
    Jellyfin jellyfin.org English No trackers

    The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin

    The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

    Compare Jellyfin with WordPress →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles WordPress’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones WordPress uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what WordPress adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,200
Vector
384-d
Query
76 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to WordPress’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

ZoteroAppwriteCargoHyvor®CarrdOdooWeeblyStrikinglyMyBBGhost

Built with

CMS
  • WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.2-beta4-65303
Fonts
Tag managers
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.2-beta4-65303)
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Sitemaps

, 2 of them guides, blog or magazine pages.