⚡ Content Management Systems in Ghana

Content Management Systems (CMS) are software solutions that allow users to create, edit, and organize website content without coding, simplifying ongoing website maintenance.

Ghana is a West African country with a population of over 34 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 60% of websites from Ghana.

Statistics based on 860 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top CMS platforms in Ghana in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 86.4% share.
It is followed by Joomla with 7.4% and Drupal with 3.1%.

WordPress 86.4%
Joomla 7.4%
Drupal 3.1%
K2 1.2%
Open Journal Systems 0.6%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.4%
Payload CMS 0.4%
Osclass 0.2%
ProcessWire 0.2%
October CMS 0.2%
CMS Made Simple 0.2%
Contao 0.2%
Ring Publishing 0.2%
Ghost 0.2%
SilverStripe 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Ghana than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Joomla ^(-1)
4. K2 ^(-8)
5. Open Journal Systems ^(-24)
6. Adobe Experience Manager ^(-1)
7. Payload CMS ^(-36)
8. Osclass ^(-77)
9. ProcessWire ^(-23)
10. October CMS ^(-4)
11. CMS Made Simple ^(-41)
13. Ring Publishing ^(-132)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 22 CMS platforms used on sites from Ghana, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WordPress San Francisco, California, United States A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source	86.4%
2	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	7.4%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	3.1%
4	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and extends the default article system with a structured content framework. FreeOpen source	1.2%
5	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada An open-source software for managing and publishing peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	0.6%
6	Adobe Experience Manager San Jose, California, United States A software solution that's equal part content management system and digital asset management system. $50,000+/year	0.4%
7	Payload CMS San Francisco, California, United States An open-source application framework and headless CMS built with Next.js that supports both self-hosting and cloud deployment. FreeOpen source	0.4%
8	Osclass Chtelnica, Slovakia An open-source PHP classifieds script for building and managing self-hosted classifieds and marketplace websites. FreeOpen source	0.2%
9	ProcessWire A PHP-based open-source content management system and web application framework focused on flexible content modeling and API-driven development. FreeOpen source	0.2%
10	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.2%
11	CMS Made Simple Sooke, British Columbia, Canada An open-source content management system written in PHP that enables users to build and manage websites with flexible templating, role-based permissions, and an extensible module system. FreeOpen source	0.2%
12	Contao Lyss, Switzerland An open-source content management system built with PHP, Symfony, and MySQL. FreeOpen source	0.2%
13	Ring Publishing Berlin, Germany A cloud-based content experience platform from Ringier Axel Springer Media AG that provides a headless and hybrid CMS with integrated engagement and monetization tools for media organizations. $$$	0.2%
14	Ghost Singapore An open-source content management system built on Node.js that serves as a publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and membership-based websites. FreeOpen source$18+/month	0.2%
15	SilverStripe Wellington, New Zealand An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	0.2%
16	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.2%
17	Bloomreach Experience Manager Mountain View, California, United States A Java-based digital experience platform available under open-source and enterprise licenses. FreeOpen source$100,000+/year	0.2%
18	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.2%
19	TYPO3 Düsseldorf, Germany An open-source enterprise content management system written in PHP that supports multisite and multilingual installations and has a large extension repository. FreeOpen source	0.2%
20	WordPress VIP San Francisco, California, United States A fully hosted enterprise solution based on WordPress, designed to support high-traffic websites with enhanced performance, security, and scalability. $25,000+/year	0.2%
21	Strapi San Francisco, California, United States An open-source headless CMS built with Node.js and TypeScript that connects to various databases and frontend frameworks. FreeOpen source$45+/month	0.2%
22	Busy Rooms Pietà, Malta A cloud-based central reservation and content management platform developed for hotels, resorts, and other hospitality businesses. $$$	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 860 websites from Ghana.
We currently track the presence of 291 CMS platforms across the web.
Of these, 22 were detected on websites from Ghana.
Statistics were last calculated on November 2, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.