⚡ 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.

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⭐ 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 84.1% share.
It is followed by Joomla with 3% and Drupal with 2.9%.

🚀 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.

✨ 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.

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RankNameMarket share
1
WordPress
San Francisco, California, United States

A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.

FreeOpen source
2
Joomla
New York, United States

An open-source content management system written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
3
Drupal
Portland, Oregon, United States

A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
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
5
Bitrix
Kaliningrad, Russia

A popular Russian modular content management system based on PHP and MySQL.

6,200 RUB+
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+
7
Contao
Lyss, Switzerland

An open-source content management system built with PHP, Symfony, and MySQL.

FreeOpen source
8
K2
Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles

A Joomla content management extension that replaces and extends the default article system with a structured content framework.

FreeOpen source
9
October CMS
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework.

Free$39
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.

7,990 RUB+
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
12
ExpressionEngine
Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.

FreeOpen source$249+
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
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
15
SilverStripe
Wellington, New Zealand

An open-source content management system written in PHP for building content-driven websites.

FreeOpen source
16
Open Journal Systems
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Open source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals.

FreeOpen source
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
18
Pimcore
Salzburg, Austria

An open-source enterprise platform that includes PIM, MDM, CDP, DAM, DXP/CMS, and digital commerce.

FreeOpen source$$$
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
20
Statamic
Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

A flexible content management system built on Laravel that can operate as a full-stack or headless CMS, using flat files or a database, and can generate static sites.

FreeOpen source$275+
21
SPIP
France

A French open-source content management system designed for collaborative online publishing and editorial workflows.

FreeOpen source
22
Z-BlogPHP

A Chinese open source blogging content management system developed with PHP.

FreeOpen source
23
Neos
Dresden, Germany

An open-source enterprise content management system based on the Flow framework.

FreeOpen source
24
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
25
Megagroup CMS.S3
Saint Petersburg, Russia

A Russian commercial content management system written in PHP.

5,000 RUB+/year

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