⚡ Content Management Systems in New Zealand

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

New Zealand is an Oceanian country with a population of over 5.1 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 46.2% of websites from New Zealand.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 75.9% share.
It is followed by SilverStripe with 6.6% and Drupal with 2.8%.

WordPress 75.9%
SilverStripe 6.6%
Drupal 2.8%
Joomla 2%
Craft 1.9%
Concrete CMS 1%
Contentful 0.9%
HubSpot CMS 0.9%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.7%
DNN 0.7%
Sanity 0.7%
Kentico 0.4%
CMS Made Simple 0.4%
Wagtail 0.4%
Other 4.7%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. SilverStripe ^(-28)
5. Craft ^(-3)
6. Concrete CMS ^(-11)
7. Contentful ^(-2)
10. DNN ^(-2)
11. Sanity ^(-4)
12. Kentico ^(-7)
13. CMS Made Simple ^(-35)
14. Wagtail ^(-23)
15. Sitecore ^(-1)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 79 CMS platforms used on sites from New Zealand, 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	75.9%
2	SilverStripe Wellington, New Zealand An open-source content management system written in PHP for building content-driven websites. FreeOpen source	6.6%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2.8%
4	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2%
5	Craft Bend, Oregon, United States A flexible open-source content management system written in PHP that supports MySQL or PostgreSQL databases and is built on the Yii framework. Free$279+	1.9%
6	Concrete CMS Portland, Oregon, United States An open-source content management system built with PHP and MySQL that combines in-context editing and modular page building. FreeOpen source	1%
7	Contentful Berlin, Germany A commercial, cloud-based, headless content management system that structures content for use across multiple digital platforms via APIs. Free$300+/month	0.9%
8	HubSpot CMS Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A hosted platform for building websites, blogs, landing pages, apps, and emails that integrates tightly with HubSpot CRM and other marketing tools. Free$15+/seat/month	0.9%
9	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	0.7%
10	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.7%
11	Sanity San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based headless CMS that stores content as structured data in a hosted content lake and delivers it via APIs to any frontend. Free$15+/seat/month	0.7%
12	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.4%
13	CMS Made Simple An open-source, modular, enterprise-level CMS written in PHP. FreeOpen source	0.4%
14	Wagtail Bristol, United Kingdom An open-source CMS written in Python and built on the Django web framework. FreeOpen source	0.4%
15	Sitecore San Francisco, California, United States An enterprise CMS built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server that manages, delivers, and optimizes digital content and experiences across multiple channels. $40,000+/year	0.4%
16	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	0.4%
17	Umbraco Odense, Denmark An open-source .NET content management system for building content-driven websites and headless applications, with optional managed cloud hosting. FreeOpen source$55+/month	0.3%
18	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	0.3%
19	Prismic Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A headless CMS and page builder for Next.js, Nuxt, and SvelteKit sites. Free$180+/month	0.3%
20	ExpressionEngine Ormond Beach, Florida, United States An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source$249+	0.2%
21	Optimizely CMS New York, United States A cloud-based content management system with enterprise-level features and headless delivery capabilities. $36,000+/year	0.2%
22	Storyblok Linz, Austria An enterprise-grade headless content management system with a visual editor. Free$99+/month	0.2%
23	DatoCMS Florence, Italy A cloud-based headless CMS that organizes content and assets via APIs for delivery across websites, mobile apps, and other digital channels. Free€199+/month	0.2%
24	CloudCannon Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand A Git-based headless content management system that integrates with all major static site generators. $55+/month	0.2%
25	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%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 13,907 websites from New Zealand.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.