What CMS are popular besides WordPress?

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What CMS are currently popular for websites?
I know the most popular is WordPress but what about others? Joomla? Drupal?
Maybe you know some other well-known and popular CMS? I would be grateful for your advice.
 
I usually use Ghost for my websites (those ones that are not an affiliate).

Now I'm trying some other headless cms'ses, but I find them too hard to use in real-life scenarios.

Edit: Try Jamstack, it's popular and good as well :)
 
I don’t know what others are using. But, if I had to choose one; I’d perhaps use something like strapi + next.js or wordpress + next.js (next.js works as the frontend and wp as the backend, as well as api) or yii2 framework (plus possibly next.js depending on how quickly I need to finish the project. If it is about quality, I’d use next.js).

Apart from that, drupal is a good choice if you have the money to spend on good devs or you know what you are doing.
 
I only use Drupal. I hate WordPress :)
Never use Joomla because it's full of security holes.
 
Thanks for the advice. I will make an addition.
I am interested in this issue because I plan to scale one topic on which I am currently working. I am promoting Wordpress themes. But I would also like to promote templates for other CMS, so I'm wondering what newbies are currently using to create websites.
I looked at the CMS templates that are sold on Envato Market, but how relevant is the CMS data now? Apart from Drupal and Joomla, the rest are unfamiliar to me.


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Apart from Drupal and Joomla, the rest are unfamiliar to me.
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Moodle is a LMS. I have used it for a client before. Concrete5 is a flat file cms (afaik). I have seen one of my colleagues use it for a client. Both are good for what they are, and are popular enough to have reached my ears.
 
  1. WordPress (28+ Million Live Websites)
  2. Wix (4.5+ Million Live Websites)
  3. Squarespace (2.5+ Million Live Websites)
  4. Joomla! (1.5+ Million Live Websites)
  5. Shopify (1.8+ Million Live Websites)
  6. Progress Sitefinity (3.1+ Million Live Websites)
  7. GoDaddy Website Builder (1.5+ Million Live Websites)
  8. Weebly (1 Million Live Websites)
  9. Drupal (588+ Thousand Live Websites)
  10. Blogger (632+ Thousand Live Websites)
there's lot of niche CMS like jekyll & hugo & ghost. all depends on what your goals are.

if youre gonna be selling themes, shopify has a big market for it. i would investigate there.
 
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Drupal is more for corporate use, joomla sucks ass, Ill stick what I know best, what is used the most and great for IM.
 
I usually use Ghost for my websites (those ones that are not an affiliate).

Now I'm trying some other headless cms'ses, but I find them too hard to use in real-life scenarios.

Edit: Try Jamstack, it's popular and good as well :)
Is it possible to make a paginated post in ghost cms like in WordPress?
 
  1. WordPress (28+ Million Live Websites)
  2. Wix (4.5+ Million Live Websites)
  3. Squarespace (2.5+ Million Live Websites)
  4. Joomla! (1.5+ Million Live Websites)
  5. Shopify (1.8+ Million Live Websites)
  6. Progress Sitefinity (3.1+ Million Live Websites)
  7. GoDaddy Website Builder (1.5+ Million Live Websites)
  8. Weebly (1 Million Live Websites)
  9. Drupal (588+ Thousand Live Websites)
  10. Blogger (632+ Thousand Live Websites)
there's lot of niche CMS like jekyll & hugo & ghost. all depends on what your goals are.

if youre gonna be selling themes, shopify has a big market for it. i would investigate there.
I would like to know the source of this stat. if you don't mind.
 
  1. WordPress (28+ Million Live Websites)
  2. Wix (4.5+ Million Live Websites)
  3. Squarespace (2.5+ Million Live Websites)
  4. Joomla! (1.5+ Million Live Websites)
  5. Shopify (1.8+ Million Live Websites)
  6. Progress Sitefinity (3.1+ Million Live Websites)
  7. GoDaddy Website Builder (1.5+ Million Live Websites)
  8. Weebly (1 Million Live Websites)
  9. Drupal (588+ Thousand Live Websites)
  10. Blogger (632+ Thousand Live Websites)
there's lot of niche CMS like jekyll & hugo & ghost. all depends on what your goals are.

if youre gonna be selling themes, shopify has a big market for it. i would investigate there.
Hugo and Jekyll are not cms. They are static site generators which are a lot different than a traditional site builder/cms. Yes, there are plugins that give you a wsiwyg editor for your markdown like a cms but fundamentally they aren't a cms.
 
I usually use Ghost for my websites (those ones that are not an affiliate).

Now I'm trying some other headless cms'ses, but I find them too hard to use in real-life scenarios.

Edit: Try Jamstack, it's popular and good as well :)
WP is the most secure as there are swarms of people behind the scenes to fix problems
My own site uses WP and I have been happy enough
 
What CMS are currently popular for websites?
I know the most popular is WordPress but what about others? Joomla? Drupal?
Maybe you know some other well-known and popular CMS? I would be grateful for your advice.
joomla its so awesome broo
 
WP is the most secure as there are swarms of people behind the scenes to fix problems
My own site uses WP and I have been happy enough
wordpress comprises 90% of all hacked CMS sites [source]
is it secure? depends on the publisher responsible for it.
stay on top of wordfence, and security practices that go along with WP...and you'll be alright, usually.
i started my journey with WP and have moved far away from it. i try to minimize my reliance on it at all costs.
 
wordpress comprises 90% of all hacked CMS sites [source]
is it secure? depends on the publisher responsible for it.
stay on top of wordfence, and security practices that go along with WP...and you'll be alright, usually.
i started my journey with WP and have moved far away from it. i try to minimize my reliance on it at all costs.
That's because it's also responsible for almost 43% of all word websites. Of course,if you are that popular you will also be the most hacked.
Is it possible to make a paginated post in ghost cms like in WordPress?
Yea, it has a lot of options, paginated, secured behind paywall (all inclusive already)
 
That's because it's also responsible for almost 43% of all word websites. Of course,if you are that popular you will also be the most hacked.

Yea, it has a lot of options, paginated, secured behind paywall (all inclusive already)
Can you tell me how I can do it?
In WordPress, we only use a page break to create multiple-page post, but I can't find a similar option in ghost. I used the Divider option but it just added space between paragraphs.
 
What CMS are currently popular for websites?
I know the most popular is WordPress but what about others? Joomla? Drupal?
Maybe you know some other well-known and popular CMS? I would be grateful for your advice.
At some point, joomla and drupal were real alternatives to Wordpress. Not anymore IMO. If I was looking for another CMS, I’d probably go with something else like webflow or even square space. Wix sucks real bad.
 
Joomla is the Yahoo of CMS and Wix is just hosting ultimately.
Plugins are what make WP....WP.
 
I'm liking Webflow now that we've figured out how to improve the core vitals scores. It's blazing fast on mobile for the user. I've never seen anything like it.
 
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