WordPress can do anything. Pagecord just does a blog.
If you want plugins, WooCommerce, complex themes, membership sites, or a whole CMS, WordPress is probably right. It earned its place because it can do almost anything.
Pagecord is for the smaller job: a personal blog, a homepage, RSS, email subscribers, and a custom domain — with nothing to maintain. It's deliberately less powerful, and that's exactly what makes it easier to keep writing.
Open source. Classic is free forever, with 20 free uploads included. Premium is $39/year.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Pagecord | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | ✅ | ✅ |
| Rich text editor | ✅ | ✅ |
| Standalone pages | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom home pages | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tags | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-language support | ✅ | ✅ |
| RSS feeds | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom domains | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multiple blogs from one account (Premium includes 2) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Open source | ✅ | ✅ |
| Themes included | ✅ | ✅ (requires plugins) |
| Social links | ✅ | ✅ (requires plugins) |
| Email newsletters | ✅ Weekly digest or per-post delivery |
✅ (requires plugins) |
| Search your posts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Full site HTML export | ✅ | ❌ |
| Zero setup required | ✅ | ❌ |
| No maintenance or updates needed | ✅ | ❌ |
| Create blog posts by sending an email | ✅ | ❌ |
| Comments | ✅ Moderation and spam filtering built in |
✅ (spam filtering needs a plugin) |
| Custom code | ✅ Your own HTML in the head and body of every page |
✅ (requires a plugin or theme edit) |
| Reply by email | ✅ | ❌ |
| Embeddable contact form | ✅ | ✅ (requires plugins) |
| API | ✅ | ✅ |