WordPress AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Blog Publishing Tools

The best Blog Publishing alternative to WordPress is Joomla, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to WordPress and many of them are Blog Publishing Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Blog Publishing Tool alternatives to WordPress are Ghost, Blogger, Squarespace and Medium.

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  1. Joomla icon

    Joomla

     350 likes

    Joomla is another free and open source popular CMS. It's a powerful, versatile, and flexible platform with a large community of users and developers. It is known to be more accessible than Drupal, but more complex than WordPress. Like the other two, it can be extended with themes and extensions. Joomla still requires some technical skills and is primarily intended for developers.

    205 Joomla alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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    Comments about Joomla as an Alternative to WordPress
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    All in one installation with extensions I need improve the security. No problem of compatibility of extensions when I update.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Joomla is the only CMS that allows you to make a simple website to a complex website with an optimal learning curve.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -12

    Joomla is a CMS, Wordpress was more concepted for blogging - even if it's a CMS similar Sw today...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Joomla is Free and Open SourceWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Ghost icon

    Ghost

     252 likes

    Launched in 2013, Ghost is a modern blogging platform that you can self-host or pay for a hosted version (a bit like WordPress). But unlike the three CMS mentioned above, it's not based on PHP but on NodeJS, which can be a good thing for JavaScript developers. Ghost has a very sleek interface and offers useful tools like subscriptions, memberships, analytics, and integrations to easily grow your audience. You can also download beautiful themes from their marketplace to speed up the process of launching your website.

    273 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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    Comments about Ghost as an Alternative to WordPress
    xu3e
    Negative
    -1

    Needs NodeJS, which means more powerful hosting or VPS that cost more than ordinary hosting. There is also less plugins and support. It is just a basic blog platform. Faster? Yeah. More secure? Yeah. Membership included? Yeah. But you have to pay more than on wordpress. And good luck with looking for an enthusiastic developers working for a smile. Wordpress is still the best platform. For a blogging i would choose anything but ghost.

    Ghost icon
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    • Ghost is Free Personal and Open SourceWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
    • Ghost is Privacy focusedWordPress is not according to our users
  4. Blogger icon

    Blogger

     224 likes

    Yes, the famous Blogger is still alive! Launched in 1999, and bought in 2003 by Google, it's the veteran of this list. It's a free blogging platform that offers most of the features you would need for blogging: a commenting system, built-in social features, ease of use, templates, the ability to use your own domain name… It's more limited than WordPress, but if what you're looking for is a simple solution to publish blog posts, this might be a good fit for you.

    196 Blogger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
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    Comments about Blogger as an Alternative to WordPress
    ndlinn
    Negative
    0

    This is really in no way comparable to WordPress

    jgemmba9901
    Positive
    0

    Good ecosystem, blog builder

    Guest
    Positive
    -4

    Add JavaScript in post page easily.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Blogger is Free and ProprietaryWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
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    Squarespace

     84 likes

    Squarespace is a versatile CMS, suitable for bloggers, e-commerce, companies wanting to present their activity, musicians, photographers… The platform has few themes, but they are all of high quality. The administration interface is clear and well-thought-out - which has not always been the case. Several statistical data are also provided: page views, RSS feed subscriptions, most popular pages… Squarespace is proprietary and doesn't offer any option to self-host it, so you'll have to pay between $12 and $54 per month to get started.

    335 Squarespace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Comments about Squarespace as an Alternative to WordPress
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Squarespace is a SaaS platform; WordPress can be self-hosted

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Ola Johansson
    Positive
    0

    It's a great tool to buil simple websites. Therefore a great alternative.

    DJbutit
    Negative
    -7

    It is a website builder it is not a blog

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    • Squarespace is Paid and ProprietaryWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
  7. Medium icon

    Medium

     181 likes

    Medium is a new place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends. It’s designed for little stories that make your day better and manifestos that change the world.

    133 Medium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    4
    Comments about Medium as an Alternative to WordPress
    Guest
    Negative
    14

    Médium is not a CMS. It is a website

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    fernandosoares
    Positive
    4

    Medium should not be classified as an alternative to WP, as of yet. It is way more limited than WP.

    jgemmba9901
    Positive
    0

    Easy to use website builder

    3 of 4 comments
    Medium icon
    Medium icon
    • Medium is Freemium and ProprietaryWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
  8. Jekyll icon

    Jekyll

     126 likes

    Jekyll is a static site generator (SSG) created in 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, the founder of GitHub. It's coded in Ruby and requires NodeJS. It's very different from WordPress on many points. For starters, it's a static site generator, which means it takes your text and generates static HTML pages for your site (with no database).

    Like Grav, it's pretty fast and simple to use, but it requires a bit more technical knowledge as you don't have access to an admin dashboard to manage your website. One advantage, though, is that you can use the free hosting provided by GitHub Pages with Jekyll.

    130 Jekyll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Write.as

     121 likes

    Write.as is an online platform that allows you to publish an article and even an entire blog on the web in a few seconds. It comes in the form of a minimalist and distraction-free online word processor, and reduces the technical part of online publishing to a strict minimum while respecting your privacy and anonymity. Write.as can be used without even having to log in. The interface is as simple as it gets: just choose a title and start writing. Write.as is an open source and ads-free platform that you can use for free, or you can pay a monthly subscription (from $6 to $30) to get more features (custom domain, themes, private blog, custom CSS, and more).

    100 Write.as alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
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  11. Hugo icon

    Hugo

     91 likes

    Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages. Hugo flexibly works with many formats and is ideal for blogs, docs, portfolios and much more.

    104 Hugo alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Bear Blog icon

    Bear Blog

     44 likes

    Privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. No trackers, no JavaScript, no stylesheets. Just your words.

    85 Bear Blog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. October icon

    October

     19 likes

    October is a self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. Thousands of digital studios and freelancers all over the world love October for its simplicity, flexibility and modern design. Their clients are happy, because October saves them both time and money.

    39 October alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
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    Comments about October as an Alternative to WordPress
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Both friendly for developer and user

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    bradybarten
    Positive
    1

    Laravel based. Its essentially a CMF on top of Laravel

    Jesse Boyer
    Positive
    1

    Balance between Client and Developer, beautiful and built on Laravel. Easy to extend, it destroys wordpress.

    3 of 4 comments
    October icon
    October icon
    • October is Paid and ProprietaryWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
  15. ClassicPress icon

    ClassicPress

     11 likes

    ClassicPress is a community-led open source content management system and a fork of WordPress that preserves the TinyMCE classic editor as the default option, which means there is no Gutenberg (block) editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about ClassicPress as an Alternative to WordPress
    laurabrown
    Positive
    0

    A fork of WordPress. Easy to change from WordPress, move files and use almost all the same plugins and themes. No new software to learn.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    A good WordPress alternative for Developers

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • ClassicPress is Free and Open SourceWordPress is Freemium and Open Source
    • ClassicPress is LightweightWordPress is not according to our users
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