SPIP
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SPIP, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SPIP's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free software | Free | GNU/GPL software · usable for personal, institutional, non-profit, or commercial sites |
The facts
Each one read from SPIP's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- SPIP is designed for web authors and teams contributing to a magazine-style website, with separate roles for content submission and editorial management.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Authoring
- Editors can compose and submit articles through a web interface with typographical shortcuts that avoid requiring HTML tags.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content syndication
- SPIP generates XML/RSS files for other websites to syndicate its content and for visitors to follow site updates in a newsreader.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editorial workflow
- Its interface separates graphic design, editorial input, and editorial management among site contributors.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Extensions
- SPIP supports plugins that add functions, and its community contribution site offers templates, tips, and common loops.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Forums
- SPIP manages discussion forums that can be attached to articles, sections, or news items, with options including pre-publication or post-publication moderation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting requirements
- SPIP requires an HTTP server configured to work with PHP; the maintained 4.4 branch lists PHP 7.4–8.5 compatibility and extensions including curl, xml, gd2, sodium, zip, zlib, and Phar.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Multilingual publishing
- SPIP supports publishing content in multiple languages, including linking translations of articles and applying language-specific typography and display formats.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- An article can belong to only one section at a time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Primary use
- SPIP is oriented toward magazine-style sites organized into sections and subsections containing articles and news items.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SPIP is a publishing system for websites, with an emphasis on collaborative work, multilingual environments, and ease of use for web authors.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- SPIP 4.4 introduced sending links to set passwords instead of sending passwords in clear text in registration and password reminder emails.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- SPIP is developed and used by a community that invites participation through its websites, mailing lists, and meetings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Templates
- The public site is generated from HTML template files that define page layouts and use SPIP tags to insert editorial content.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2001checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 22 Sep 2026
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