⚡ PHP Content Management Systems

PHP-based content management systems are platforms built using the PHP programming language and are commonly deployed on standard web hosting environments.

They are used to create and manage dynamic websites, typically offering broad database support, server-side rendering, extensive plugin and theme ecosystems, and compatibility with widely used web servers and operating systems.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading PHP-based CMS platforms in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 84.2% share.
It is followed by Joomla with 3% and Drupal with 2.9%.

WordPress 84.2%
Joomla 3%
Drupal 2.9%
TYPO3 1.5%
Bitrix 0.8%
Craft 0.4%
Contao 0.3%
K2 0.3%
October CMS 0.2%
DataLife Engine 0.2%
Concrete CMS 0.2%
ExpressionEngine 0.1%
Gnuboard 0.1%
WordPress VIP 0.1%
SilverStripe 0.1%

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of platforms that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Drupal is #2 in the United States ^(-1)
TYPO3 is #2 in Germany ^(-2)
Bitrix is #2 in Russia ^(-3)
Gnuboard is #2 in Korea ^(-18)
SilverStripe is #2 in New Zealand ^(-28)
Z-BlogPHP is #2 in China ^(-41)
Craft is #3 in Belgium ^(-5)
K2 is #4 in Italy ^(-7)
SPIP is #4 in France ^(-37)
ExpressionEngine is #8 in the United Kingdom ^(-10)

✨ Best PHP CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 103 PHP-based CMS platforms we track, ranked by their market share.

Available filters: Education Enterprise Headless Hotel Open-Source PHP Java .NET Node.js Ruby

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	84.2%
2	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	3%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2.9%
4	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	1.5%
5	Bitrix Kaliningrad, Russia A popular Russian modular content management system based on PHP and MySQL. 6,200 RUB+	0.8%
6	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+	0.4%
7	Contao Lyss, Switzerland An open-source content management system built with PHP, Symfony, and MySQL. FreeOpen source	0.3%
8	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and enhances the default article system. FreeOpen source	0.3%
9	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%
10	DataLife Engine Krasnoyarsk, Russia A Russian commercial content management system built on PHP with MySQL that is primarily used for managing and publishing news, blogs, and informational sites. 6,990 RUB+	0.2%
11	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	0.2%
12	ExpressionEngine Ormond Beach, Florida, United States An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source$249+	0.1%
13	Gnuboard Seoul, Korea A PHP-based open-source bulletin board system and content management solution from South Korea that lets sites run discussion forums, community pages, and article boards on the LAMP stack. FreeOpen source	0.1%
14	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	0.1%
15	SilverStripe Wellington, New Zealand An open-source content management system written in PHP for building content-driven websites. FreeOpen source	0.1%
16	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Open source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	0.1%
17	ProcessWire A PHP-based open-source content management system and web application framework focused on flexible content modeling and API-driven development. FreeOpen source	0.09%
18	Pimcore Salzburg, Austria An open-source enterprise platform that includes PIM, MDM, CDP, DAM, DXP/CMS, and digital commerce. FreeOpen source$$$	0.09%
19	MODX Dallas, Texas, United States An open-source content management platform and PHP application framework focused on performance and security. FreeOpen source$39+/month	0.08%
20	Statamic Ormond Beach, Florida, United States A highly adaptable CMS built on Laravel that can run full-stack or headless, on flat files or database, or as a static site generator. FreeOpen source$7+/month	0.07%
21	SPIP France A French open-source content management system designed for collaborative online publishing and editorial workflows. FreeOpen source	0.07%
22	Z-BlogPHP A Chinese open source blogging content management system developed with PHP. FreeOpen source	0.06%
23	Neos Dresden, Germany An open-source enterprise content management system based on the Flow framework. FreeOpen source	0.05%
24	CMS Made Simple An open-source, modular, enterprise-level CMS written in PHP. FreeOpen source	0.05%
25	Megagroup CMS.S3 Saint Petersburg, Russia A Russian commercial content management system written in PHP. 5,000 RUB+/year	0.05%

👉 See Also

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Data is based on the analysis of 3,320,618 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.