WordPress Theme Development Fall 2025

Ghost was launched by John O’Nolan on October 14, 2013, as an alternative to WordPress with a simpler and more intuitive design, placing more focus on publishing digital content.

Magnolia is an open-source CMS created by Boris Kraft and Pascal Mangold in 1997. With a focus on its use as an enterprise platform, it was officially released in 2005 at a starting cost of $6,000 per month.