Open Source Content Management System
Why chooseCMS Made Simple™?
User Friendly
Highly Expandable
Design Freedom
Powerful Addons
Open SourceCMS Made Simple offers an easy to use interface for end users, while maintaining a powerful backend for developers.With an extensive API combined with the Smarty templating engine, custom modules and tags are a breeze.If you can make it with HTML and CSS, it can be a CMS Made Simple design. No need to purchase templates or add PHP code.With a large range of third party modules and tags, you can easily turn your sites into feature-rich applications.We encourage open collaboration. Join the Dev Team and contribute, or fork the project to bend it to your will!
Who isCMS Made Simple™ for?
For Editors
Maintain and update your site quickly and easily from anywhere with a web connection.
For Designers
Freedom to design the site you want. Straightforward templating that makes turning your designs into pages a breeze.
For Developers
A modular and extensible Content Management System that, with the Smarty templating engine, is easy to customize to create the sites and applications you want.
Latest Releases
SEOBoost v1.5.1
16 February 2026
TwoFactor 1.0.0
27 January 2026
AWSCognito 1.4.0
26 January 2026
All in One Accessibility 1.0.8
13 January 2026
Facebook Share Dialog 2.0
12 January 2026
LogWatch 2.1.0
12 January 2026
LogWatch 2.0.1
9 January 2026
Latest Forum Posts
CMSMS Core • Re: CMSms what happens next? Development? PHP Problems? What does the future look like?
By "jce76350" at 14 February 2026 - 03:30
French - Français • Re: CMSms : que se passe-t-il ensuite ...
By "jce76350" at 11 February 2026 - 16:27
Layout and Design (CSS & HTML) • Re: Lazy loading stops working
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Announcements
CMS Made Simple Joins GitHub, Ushering in a New Era of Community Collaboration
Posted January 31, 2025 by scotch33
Category: General, Announcements
The Dev Team is delighted to make a big announcement today. The CMS Made Simple code base is now set up and available as a GitHub project.
Read MoreCMSMS vs WordPress – a personal opinion
Posted September 13, 2024 by simon
Category: General
An experienced web developer who has been using Wordpress for a few years asked me to convince her why she should be using CMSMS. Even though she is a capable coder, projects were taking too much time. Mainly because WordPress was making it harder than necessary. So I told her...
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