XOOPS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about XOOPS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From XOOPS's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free to use and modify · redistribution subject to GPL terms |
The facts
Each one read from XOOPS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Example modules
- The official site lists modules for publishing articles, galleries, forums, downloads, and blogs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- XOOPS supports multi-byte languages, including Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Korean.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- XOOPS is released under the GNU General Public License, which the project says permits use, modification, and redistribution subject to its terms.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Modular design
- Administrators can install, uninstall, activate, or deactivate modules through the module administration system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Permissions
- Administrators can set permissions by group.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- XOOPS is a PHP web application platform for MySQL and a content management system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The security update directs security reports to the repository's private reporting process and general questions to the support forums.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security update
- The XOOPS 2.5.11.1 update fixes request-input filtering issues and advises sites running 2.5.11 to apply it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project says its volunteer-maintained community has more than a dozen official support sites, including support for non-English speakers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Themes
- Administrators and users can change the site's appearance with themes, and the features page lists over 800 themes for download.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The project describes XOOPS as suitable for community websites, company and corporate portals, weblogs, and small to large sites.checked 12 Oct 2026
- User management
- The system supports searching for users and sending email or private messages through a template-based messaging system.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 22 Sep 2026
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