Masthead vs WordPress
Masthead
masthead.site
WordPress
wordpress.orgSide by side
| Figure | Masthead | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €5/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.0 (#69) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Audience | Masthead describes agencies, independent developers, theme developers and site owners as intended users. | WordPress describes itself as suitable for creators, small businesses, enterprises, first-time bloggers, and professional developers. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Masthead supports signing up with GitHub and importing content from Hugo; its docs describe self-hosting with Docker or Phoenix. | Capterra lists integrations including Google Docs, Google Drive, PayPal, Slack, Trello, Dropbox, Salesforce Sales Cloud, and Microsoft 365. |
| Product | Masthead is a publishing platform where a website's theme defines both its appearance and the editing experience. | WordPress is an open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. |
| Publishing | Site owners can write posts and pages in Markdown or HTML and publish them on a Masthead subdomain or custom domain. | The platform supports drafts, scheduled posts, revisions, public or private content, and password-protected posts and pages. |
| Security | Themes render in a sandbox and cannot query the database, run server code or access the filesystem. | The project describes a security team and publishes security guidance and release updates through its official sites. |
| Self-hosting | Masthead can be self-hosted as a Docker container or Phoenix application, but pre-built Docker images are not currently provided. | The download page directs users who have their own hosting and domain to download and install WordPress themselves. |
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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.