Content Management System (CMS)

A CMS stands for Content Management System. It’s software that creates, edits, organizes, and publishes content on a website without needing to write code.

PHP has a lot of CMS. Here is a list:

• WordPress

• Drupal

• Joomla

• TYPO3

• ProcessWire

• Bolt CMS

• Textpattern

• Geeklog

A CMS is a more specialized version of a framework: it deals with online content.

CMS may be open source or proprietary. They usually come with a marketplace, which publishes third-party plugins, extensions or components.

See also Top 10 PHP CMS Platforms For Developers in 2024 and CMS Trends 2026: What Matters and What’s Just Hype.

Related : Open Source, Marketplace, Plugin, Application, Framework, Headless