Alternatives to WordPress 2017: WordPress is a free hosting support website that enables the user to create their website for free on the internet and also allows building a blog on the internet. Using the end number of hundreds of free and customizable mobile ready designs and themes, the user can easily build their own website in their interests. Let’s have a look at some of the best WordPress alternatives 2017:
Medium
This popular publishing platform is a WordPress alternatives but it is different to it many ways that it does not have a complete content management system like in WordPress and only focuses on blogging and the community aspect. The main aim is to provide clutter free writing area for publishers and a reading area for readers.
back to menu ↑Ghost
This WordPress alternatives is designed specifically for those bloggers who felt that WordPress is initially for them, but later felt that it is going in a totally different direction. This NodeJS based blogging software is completely focused on blogging and taking the clutter away.
back to menu ↑Joomla
This WordPress alternatives is similar to WordPress in that it also offers a content management system for its users who want to entirely control how their blog or website appears to the outside world. This website also has a huge community of members and also many developers.
back to menu ↑Drupal
This WordPress alternatives also has an open source content management system and huge community of members and developers similar to WordPress and Joomla. Almost 2% of websites on the internet are developed based on Joomla like The White House, The Economist and many more.
Jekyll
This static site generator is written in Ruby and requires NodeJS to access. This static site generator is best for starters who are comfortable with text and generic static HTML pages for their sites. This service also provides extended features that developers are familiar with.
back to menu ↑Tumblr
This free blogging platform brings together social and blogging and makes blogging a quite good experience for the bloggers. With its strong blogger base it has been acquired by Yahoo in 2013. The service also allows the bloggers to choose between either free or a premium service for their websites.
back to menu ↑CMS Made Simple
Similar to WordPress, joomla and drupal, this service also offers to the users an open source content management system. It uses MySQL for database and is written in PHP. Users can easily extend the built in features using the various themes and plugins available.
back to menu ↑Wix
This service is best for small personal and business websites and is a completely hosted web site builder. Using the drag and drop builder, the bloggers can use pre designed templates for building their websites and blogs. The site is also enabled with eCommerce support that facilitates users to accept online payments.
back to menu ↑Weebly
This is yet another completely hosted online web site builder allowing the bloggers to create their own websites and blogs using the drag and drop page builder and the pre designed templates. Although it facilitates custom domain names, there is only a limited eCommerce support available.
back to menu ↑Squarespace
This is yet another alternatives but it is a paid web site builder and does not provide free services. This is a completely hosted solution and is very easy to use.