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Typeroll and WordPress compared
WordPress is an open-source CMS, extended with themes and plugins and run on a PHP server with a database. Typeroll is open source too, but publishes the site as static files, so nothing runs behind the pages your visitors see.
Side by side
| WordPress (self-hosted) | Typeroll | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | GPLv2 or later | MIT |
| Runs on | PHP (8.3+ recommended) with MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.11+ | Public site: static files on Cloudflare. CMS: Typeroll Cloud or self-hosted |
| Updates | Core, themes and plugins on the live server | CMS updates never change the live site; you publish when ready |
| Extending | Themes and plugins | Built-in blocks and modules, custom block types, Extensions as separate services |
| AI agents | Official MCP Adapter package bridging the Abilities API, HTTP and STDIO; abilities private until opted in | Hosted MCP server with OAuth; site-building tools and skills included |
| Editing | Block editor | Visual block editor, built-in AI assistant |
| Ecosystem | Very large: themes, plugins, hosts, developers | Young (beta) |
Choose WordPress when
- You need plugins that run on every request: shops, memberships, logged-in areas.
- You rely on the WordPress ecosystem of themes, hosts and developers.
Choose Typeroll when
- You run content sites and want no server or plugins to patch.
- AI agents should build and maintain the site through MCP.
- You want sites in your own Cloudflare account, as static files.
Moving over
Migrate from WordPress to Astro keeps every URL and imports content and media.
Sources
Facts about WordPress come only from its own documentation and website, checked on 1 November 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
- WordPress requirements, https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/ (2026-11-01)
- WordPress licence, https://wordpress.org/about/license/ (2026-11-01)
- WordPress MCP Adapter, https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter (2026-11-01)
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