Serendipity
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Serendipity, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Serendipity's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Serendipity | Free | Open-source PHP weblog software · BSD License · self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from Serendipity's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The maker describes the default package as designed for casual bloggers while also offering an expandable framework for professional applications.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content organization
- Serendipity supports nested categories, posting entries to multiple categories, and tags.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Entries can be written with a WYSIWYG editor or markup languages including Markdown and Textile, and the software includes an image manager.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The software supports Movable Type and Blogger XML-RPC APIs and database backends for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multiple users and blogs
- Multiple users can edit and administer a weblog under a permission system, and one installation can serve multiple independent weblogs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugins and themes
- Plugins can extend blog functionality, themes can change its appearance, and the Spartacus online repository supports installing plugins and themes and updating plugins.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recent security fixes
- The 2.6.1 security and bugfix release addresses four reported security issues, including username duplication, search-page XSS, access to internal network resources during media downloads, and a possible open redirect.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release
- The downloads page lists version 2.6.1 as the latest stable release and recommends it over the 2.7 development snapshot.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The FAQ lists PHP 7.4 or newer, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite, and the Apache web server as requirements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project invites security reports for responsible disclosure and says it usually responds within 24 hours to discuss next steps.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Spam controls
- Plugins provide comment and trackback spam controls including Akismet, honeypots, word filters, a local Bayesian filter, captchas, and moderation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Standards and feeds
- Serendipity supports HTML5, CSS3, RSS 2.0, Atom 1.0, conditional GET for RSS caching, and UTF-8 environments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can seek help in the forums, report bugs through the GitHub issue tracker, and obtain commercial support through the lead developer’s company.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog engine for maintaining a blog, with a default package aimed at casual bloggers and an expandable framework for professional applications.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2002checked 28 Sep 2026
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