WordPress
World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.
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Still maintained? Yes: 1,358 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
WordPress quick facts
- Health score
- 62/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 21,517
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Unzip the package in an empty directory and upload everything."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WordPress scores 62/100, #36 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 1,358 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 21,517 stars add 17.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
1358 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 17.3 / 20
22k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 1358
- Last 90 days
- 2,813
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #36 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between Cockpit (#35) and Apostrophe (#37) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 21,517 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | WordPress/WordPress ↗ |
WordPress vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WordPress (Content Management Systems (CMS)), scored on the same five terms.
WordPress: common questions
Is WordPress still maintained?
WordPress had 1,358 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.