Wagtail
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Wagtail, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Wagtail's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Wagtail | Free | Open-source CMS · no licensing fees |
The facts
Each one read from Wagtail's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- The Wagtail administration panel targets WCAG 2.2 AA and ATAG 2.0 checkpoints and includes an accessibility checker, alt-text prompts, and heading validation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI
- The optional Wagtail AI package can add tools for image labels, titles, summaries, page suggestions, and content feedback.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Wagtail is designed for content teams, including editors, developers, designers, and business leaders.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editorial tools
- Wagtail includes customizable page types, reusable snippets, a form builder, image cropping tools, and image deduplication.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Headless and API
- Wagtail can run as a headless CMS, and its content API can publish content to multiple endpoints and systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Wagtail is suited to integration with CRM and marketing automation platforms, ticketing and event systems, and payment fulfillment systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Marketing analytics and ecommerce are not included out of the box; the FAQ points to packages and Django resources for adding them.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Wagtail is an open-source Python CMS built on Django for managing content at enterprise scale.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing workflows
- Wagtail supports configurable review workflows, fine-grained permissions, revision comparison and rollback, scheduled publishing, and content expiration.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Wagtail includes page and admin permissions, private pages, page locks, an SBOM, and regular security releases; its code has also undergone an independent OWASP-focused audit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Setup
- Coding skills are needed to set up Wagtail and put a site online, while content creation after setup does not require coding.checked 11 Oct 2026
- StreamField
- Editors can build page layouts with StreamField without coding, while developers control how content is displayed and organized.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Wagtail lists professional developer support, training, and cloud hosting services from Torchbox and other providers.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- Wagtail is an open-source project by Torchbox, which describes itself as an employee-owned digital agency.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- hybridchecked 22 Sep 2026
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