The CMS for Creators. Stable. Lightweight. Instantly Familiar.
Welcome to ClassicPress!
You’ve just become part of a growing community of people who value the firm foundation WordPress 4.9.x
provides for websites everywhere. Guided by our
community, we can leverage our collective expertise to maintain and develop the ClassicPress platform as
the content management system of choice for professionals, hobbyists, developers, sole-traders and
all website creators worldwide.
Our purpose is to provide a stable, secure, and instantly familiar content management system driven by the needs
of the community. We invite you to connect with us and add your voice to the
conversation..
Once the configuration file is set up, the installer will set up the tables needed for the website. If there
is an error, double check the wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go
to the support forums
with as much data as you can gather.
If you did not enter a password, note the password given to you. If you did not provide a
username, it will be admin.
The installer should then go to the login page. Sign in with the username and
password you chose during the installation. If a password was generated, it is possible to change it by
clicking on the username in the top right corner after signing in. It is also possible to reach this Profile
page by navigating to “Users” in the sidebar navigation and then selecting “Your
Profile” from the sub-menu.
Updating
Using the Automatic Updater
If you are updating from beta version 1.0.0-beta1 or higher, you can use the automatic updater:
With the ClassicPress migration plugin, it is very easy to migrate existing sites from WordPress to ClassicPress.
Please follow the migration
documentation for step-by-step instructions.
This is where you’ll find the latest updates and news related to ClassicPress as well as tutorials and
other interesting snippets of information. Recent ClassicPress news appears in your administrative dashboard
by default.
Do you have an idea to make ClassicPress better? Consider sharing your idea on GitHub for the core team and the community to share feedback and, possibly, implement the feature.
Last but not least, read about the ClassicPress governance structure to understand how we do things and how
you can help. ClassicPress is a community-driven and funded fork of WordPress that enables all stakeholders to
shape the direction that the project takes. This page aims to explain how we handle this process to ensure
that power doesn't become centralised and that every voice can be heard.
Share the Love
ClassicPress has no multi-million dollar marketing campaign or celebrity sponsors, but we do have something even
better: you and the rest of our community. If you enjoy ClassicPress, please consider:
Setting up a ClassicPress website for someone less knowledgeable than yourself
Sharing your favorite article about us with your social media followers
Writing a technical publication or other news organization to tell them about ClassicPress
Community Funded
ClassicPress is a community-driven and funded free open source project. You contributions help ClassicPress pay infrastructure and administrative costs. There are several ways you can financially support ClassicPress:
Making a donation to help us run the project (donations in the US are tax-deductible).
If you have a business, become a sponsor to promote your brand to ClassicPress community. Sponsorships start at $250.