Wikidot

Spec sheet

What it does

Wikidot provides hosted wiki-based websites for publishing, document sharing, collaboration and communities.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Product

Wikidot hosts wiki-based websites for publishing content, sharing documents, and collaborating with others.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Intended users

Wikidot describes its plans as serving casual users, professionals, and small businesses, and says the service can be used for personal sites, company websites, portals, and community forums.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · wikidot.com

API

The plans comparison lists XML-RPC API access for Pro Lite, Pro, Pro+, and Community Site plans.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Integrations

Wikidot describes Gravatar integration for anonymous users and says sites can embed selected HTML code from social sites or import RSS feeds.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Security

Wikidot says sensitive pages use HTTPS with at least 128-bit SSL certificates and describes measures against unauthorized access.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Support

First-line help is provided through the community FAQ, multilingual Handbook and forum, with email escalation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Headquarters

Toruń, PolandRead 28 Sep 2026 · wikidot.com

Founded

2006Read 28 Sep 2026 · wikidot.com

Company

Wikidot Inc. says it is incorporated in Delaware and has an operational office in Toruń, Poland.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

API coverage

Documented methods select and modify categories, tags, pages, files, posts and user data; page methods can return source content and generated HTML.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

API libraries

The developer documentation links community libraries for Java, JavaScript, PHP and Python.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developer.wikidot.com

API limit

The XML-RPC API is limited to 240 requests per minute per user.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

API protocol

Wikidot exposes an XML-RPC API at https://www.wikidot.com/xml-rpc-api.php using HTTP Basic authorization with an application name and user API key.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developer.wikidot.com

API stability

The posts API is explicitly described as unstable and subject to breaking changes without notice.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Backups

Site owners can create and download ZIP snapshots containing pages and attached files.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Cloud hosting

The service uses cloud computing and storage and says it can handle sites with millions of visitors per month.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Collaboration

Sites provide memberships, roles and granular permissions for editing pages, files and forum content.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Company funding

Crunchbase lists Wikidot as a for-profit Toruń company with one seed round, two investors and Michał Frąckowiak as founder/CEO.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Company legal facts

Wikidot Inc. is incorporated in Delaware, while its operational office is in Toruń, Poland, and Michał Frąckowiak is CEO.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Company scale

LinkedIn lists Wikidot Inc. as founded in 2007, headquartered in Toruń, Poland, with 2–10 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Custom domain

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · wikidot.com

Customization

Users can apply category-specific or site-wide CSS themes, custom layouts, favicons and meta tags.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Documentation

Official documentation is organized into Articles, Syntax, Modules and Changelog sections, with per-syntax pages and code examples.Read 15 Oct 2026 · doc.wikidot.com

Domains

Wikidot supports mapping a custom domain to a hosted site.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Editing

Users can edit pages through the browser and publish changes within seconds without needing HTML, PHP or JavaScript.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Forums and messaging

Each site can have forums, signatures, avatars and private messaging between users.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Integration

The feature documentation names Gravatar integration for displaying avatars of anonymous users.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Limit: content quality

That Trustpilot reviewer said the information was not fully accurate, somewhat outdated and lacking imagery.Read 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Limit: image reliability

A September 2026 community thread reports recurring image-rendering failures producing HTTP 500 errors and affecting roughly 8–10% of images.Read 15 Oct 2026 · community.wikidot.com

Limit: WYSIWYG

An independent WikiSkills report identifies lack of a WYSIWYG editor as a Wikidot limitation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · upload.wikimedia.org

Limits

The free account includes five sites with 300 MB storage per site, while paid plans have plan-specific site, storage, private-member, and file-size limits.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Notable outage

Wikidot reported that an Amazon S3 failure on 1 March 2017 caused an outage longer than two hours affecting uploaded files and site assets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · blog.wikidot.com

Notable security incident

Wikidot reported a 19 May 2022 attack from Russian territory in which attackers controlled key infrastructure, while saying it found no evidence that private data was accessed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · blog.wikidot.com

Open-source licence

The self-hosted Wikidot software is free under the Affero General Public License version 3.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.org

Praise: affordability

The sole Trustpilot reviewer described Wikidot as useful and affordable for starting a D&D 5E information site.Read 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Rating on Knoji

4.0 out of 5 from 26 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.knoji.com

Rating on Trustpilot

3.6 out of 5 from 1 review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Refunds

Wikidot says upgrades are eligible for a 30-day no-questions-asked refund.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Security controls

Wikidot describes HTTPS with at least 128-bit SSL for sensitive areas, anti-XSS/session-stealing measures and restricted database access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Self-hosting

The open-source edition supports running one wiki or a large wiki farm on Linux and other Unix systems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.org

Site building

Creators combine wiki pages, forums, templates, modules, CSS themes, packages and reusable site templates.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Software history

Wikidot Inc. says it released the Wikidot software as open source in January 2008.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Statistics

Eligible plans include advanced web statistics covering visitor activity such as browsers and average time spent.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

System requirements

The installation guide lists GNU/Linux or Mac OS X, PostgreSQL 8.3, PHP 5.2+, Lighttpd, ImageMagick, LaTeX, PHP gd/tidy, PEAR, file and Git.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.org

Version history

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · wikidot.com

Wiki features

The platform supports unlimited pages and revisions, categories, tags, parent-page relationships, breadcrumbs and sitemaps.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Wiki tools

The platform supports wiki syntax, forums, blogs, page categories, tags, roles, permissions, and custom CSS themes.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wikidot.com

Windows support

The self-hosting installation guide states that there is no Windows port.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wikidot.org

Plans and prices

Every Wikidot plan and price →

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