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CMS (Content Management System)

A CMS is software that lets you create and manage website content through an interface, without hand-coding each page in HTML.

A CMS (Content Management System) is software that lets people create, edit, and organise website content through a user interface, without writing HTML by hand for every page.

What it handles

  • Authoring and publishing pages and posts.
  • Managing media, menus, and users with different roles.
  • Templating, so content and design are kept separate.

Common examples

wordpress is by far the most popular, but the category includes Joomla, Drupal, and headless systems that serve content via an API. Most traditional CMS platforms run on a php and mysql stack.

Why it matters for hosting

A CMS generates pages dynamically, which means database queries and application code run on each request — directly affecting ttfb. That makes server-side caching, an up-to-date php runtime, and adequate database resources the deciding factors when choosing hosting for a CMS-driven site.

See also

WordPress WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system, powering a large share of websites with themes, plugins, and a PHP/MySQL stack. PHP PHP is a widely used server-side scripting language that powers WordPress and much of the web, generating dynamic pages on the server. MySQL / MariaDB MySQL is the most common open-source relational database for web apps; MariaDB is its drop-in fork, both storing content for sites like WordPress. Caching Caching stores copies of data or pages so repeat requests are served instantly, reducing server work and dramatically speeding up websites.

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