Fast, flexible, robust, perfect:
phpwcms 1.12.5
phpwcms is a flexible, fast, robust, customer and developer friendly yet powerful web based content management system and CMS framework running under PHP and MySQL. phpwcms is in use on thousands of websites all over the world and supported across all shared and dedicated web hosting plans offered by the major hosting providers. Try some references.
Available versions
Released on November 1, 2026
PHP 8.2 or newer
The current stable release, maintained on the master branch.
Released on November 1, 2026
PHP 7.4 or newer
The legacy line keeps receiving security and maintenance fixes for older PHP installations.
Download v1.9.51Released on November 1, 2026
PHP 8.4 or newer
The next major release with the in-app self-update engine and the complete reference documentation.
Get 2.0.0-beta.2Fast and lean
Optimized for fast and easy setup. It works on any standard web host that supports PHP and MySQL and was tested on Windows, macOS and Linux/UNIX.
Flexible
Easy to learn, with a clear separation of layout and content. Many powerful but simple features assist publishers and web developers alike.
Maintained
Regular releases for three lines: stable 1.12.x, legacy 1.9.x and the 2.0 development line. Licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Development
phpwcms is developed on GitHub. The current development branch is 1.10-dev, compatible with PHP 8.2+, and development releases are always as stable as possible. The next major release is in public beta: phpwcms 2.0.0-beta.2, developed on the v2-dev branch, requiring PHP 8.4+ and shipping the in-app self-update engine together with the complete reference documentation. Report bugs and feature requests through GitHub Issues.
Need help? Ask in the support forum first, or visit the community driven wiki, the restored documentation or the old project site.
phpwcms is released under the GNU General Public License. You can use it for free.