# WonderCMS

Flat-file CMS that stores its data in a JSON text file and needs only PHP and a web server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/wondercms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.wondercms.com
- repository: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms
- docs: https://www.wondercms.com/docs
- x: https://twitter.com/wondercms
- discord: https://discord.gg/2MVubVBCry
- forum: https://www.wondercms.com/community
- subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/WonderCMS

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Robert Isoski and WonderCMS contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: zip download, git clone, docker image, cPanel installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-12-31

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 741
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/license (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/license (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

WonderCMS is a content management system that keeps its data in a JSON text file instead of a database. It runs as PHP behind Apache, NGINX, IIS or Caddy, and the [README](https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/blob/main/.github/README.md) lists several ways to install it: a zip download, git clone, a Docker image or a cPanel installer.

Because the data sits in files, a site can be moved to a new host by copying them. Pages are edited in place after logging in as admin.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0