HTMLy vs WordPress
HTMLy
htmly.com
WordPress
wordpress.orgSide by side
| Figure | HTMLy | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 7.9 (#75) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Spec score · Blog Software | 7.9 (#18) | 8.4 (#7) |
| Product | HTMLy is an open-source, database-free PHP blogging platform and flat-file CMS. | WordPress is an open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. |
| Requirements | Requirements include a web server, PHP 7.2 or higher, and PHP-XML, PHP-ZIP, PHP-INTL, PHP-Mbstring, and PHP-GD packages. | WordPress recommends PHP 8.3 or later, MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.6 or later, and HTTPS; Apache or Nginx are recommended web servers. |
| Security | The homepage says new features are added to the core and go through a security audit. | The project describes a security team and publishes security guidance and release updates through its official sites. |
| Support | The site links to documentation and a GitHub forum, and invites users to support development through GitHub, Ko-fi, Patreon, or PayPal. | WordPress.org provides documentation and community support forums where users can ask questions. |
| Themes | The site lists themes including Casper, Clean Blog, Doks, Fairy, Gridzone, Ignite, Independent Publisher, Journal, Moth, Occasio, Papermod, and Vapor; themes must be uploaded and extracted manually. | The WordPress.org theme directory lists more than 15,000 free themes. |
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In their own words
WordPress
WordPress is a free, open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. You can build pages with blocks and themes, then customize them without code. Plugins add capabilities including stores, analytics, newsletters, social integrations, forms, and spam protection. Publishing controls cover drafts, scheduled posts, revisions, public or private material, and password-protected posts and pages. WordPress also provides media uploading and editing, with roles for administrators, editors, authors, contributors, and subscribers. Developers can create plugins, themes, custom content types, and integrations through the REST API. The software is available in more than 70 languages and licensed under GPLv2-or-later, permitting use, modification, and redistribution, including commercial projects, without licensing fees. You can install it on your own hosting and domain or use a hosting provider. Recommended requirements include PHP 8.3 or later, MariaDB 10.11 or later or MySQL 8.0 or later, and HTTPS.