# Easy CMS vs WordPress

> WordPress runs a large share of the web, with themes and plugins for almost anything, on PHP and MySQL. Used headless, it is a separate PHP app next to your frontend. Easy CMS keeps everything in your TypeScript app, with a typed content model.

Page: https://easycms.dev/why/compare/wordpress

| Feature | Easy CMS | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT. Every feature is free, roles and SSO included | GPL-2.0; free to self-host |
| Where it runs | Inside your Next.js or Nuxt app, or as a standalone server | A separate PHP app (themes, or headless) |
| Content model | TypeScript config in your repo | Posts and pages; custom post types in PHP or plugins |
| Databases | SQLite (file or Turso), Postgres (or PGlite) | MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.11+ |
| Language and runtime | Node.js 22.12+, TypeScript | PHP 8.3+ |
| Hosted cloud | None. Self-host anywhere; one-click deploy to your own Vercel or Netlify | WordPress.com: free plan; paid plans from $4/month (yearly) |
| APIs | Typed Local API, REST; GraphQL and MCP as experimental plugins | REST built in; GraphQL with the WPGraphQL plugin |
| Admin in Thai | Complete: every admin string, and every docs page | Partial (about two-thirds translated) |
| Roles, SSO, audit | Roles, field permissions, SSO (Google, Microsoft, GitHub, OIDC), audit log: all MIT | See the official site |
| Ecosystem | Small: official plugins (SEO, forms, redirects, nested pages, multi-tenant, shop, GraphQL, MCP), a new community | The largest plugin and theme ecosystem |
| Maturity | Version 1.23; 1.0 in October 2026, first released September 2026 | Version 7.1 (August 2026), over two decades old |

## Choose Easy CMS when

- Your site is a Next.js or Nuxt app and you don't want a PHP stack beside it.
- You want the content model typed in TypeScript and reviewed in git.
- You want fewer plugins to update and audit.

## Choose WordPress when

- People who don't write code build and run the site with themes.
- You need a plugin for something specific, and it already exists.
- You want cheap managed hosting that anyone can set up.

Moving from WordPress? A script brings your posts, pages, categories and images across, with redirects from the old addresses. https://easycms.dev/docs/recipes/wordpress

Easy CMS is young: its first release was in September 2026 and its community is small. Every other product here has been in production longer, with more people answering questions.

## Sources

Checked against each product’s own site on 2026-10-17. Prices and versions change; follow the links for today’s.

- [WordPress: releases](https://wordpress.org/download/releases/)
- [WordPress: requirements](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
- [WordPress.com: pricing](https://wordpress.com/pricing/)
- [WordPress: REST API](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/)
- [WordPress: Thai translation](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/th/)