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phpRS 3 is a publishing system for online magazines, newspapers and blogs. It is written from scratch in plain PHP 8.4+ with MySQL 8 / MariaDB 10.6+ – no framework, no Composer, no npm and not a single third-party library at runtime. You upload it by FTP, open the site in a browser and the installer does the rest.
Current version: 3.0.0-rc.1 (release candidate, 21 September 2026). The system is feature-complete for 3.0.0 and is being tested in production. See Release status.
| I want to… | Go to |
|---|---|
| See what the system can do | Features |
| Install it in five minutes | Quick start → Installation |
| Try it without installing | demo.phprs.eu |
| Write and publish articles | Article editor, Handover and review |
| Change how the site looks | Site templates, Blocks and layout |
| Earn money with the magazine | Locked content and subscriptions, Payments with Stripe, Advertising |
| Move from WordPress | Import from WordPress and site export |
| Keep the site safe | Security model, Security, Backups and restore |
| Read or change the code | Project structure, Project principles, How to contribute |
| Something is broken | Troubleshooting, FAQ |
The complete user manual is in Manual – 47 pages in nine chapters.
A magazine needs articles, sections, a front page, an editorial workflow, readers and a way to pay for itself. phpRS covers exactly that: a WYSIWYG editor with revisions and scheduling, roles with per-section permissions, handover for proofreading, three templates with a visual block editor, reader accounts, a paywall with Stripe subscriptions, a newsletter, Web Push, an advertising system, SEO and AI-search settings, four languages of the site and of the administration, signed updates that install security fixes by themselves, and backups on and off the server. Less common features are built-in extensions you switch on – there are no third-party plug-ins.
- Website and documentation: phprs.eu (English, Čeština, Deutsch)
- Download: GitHub Releases
- Demo: demo.phprs.eu
- Report a bug: Issues · report a vulnerability privately: Security → Report a vulnerability
- Support the project: GitHub Sponsors
phpRS is free software under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.