| > The instructions assume you have a whole PHP dev environment setup-- very frustrating, after some time googling the various errors I kept hitting I just quit. Sorry you had trouble. Craft definitely has stricter requirements than WP. v4 requires PHP 8, a handful of PHP extensions, and MySQL 5.7.8+/MariaDB 10.2.7+/PostgreSQL 10.0+. Most modern local dev environments will have everything it needs – DDEV (https://ddev.com/), Lando (https://lando.dev/), our own Craft Nitro (https://getnitro.sh/), even MAMP, etc. –, but I realize these come with a learning curve. We do our best to ease you into it without making too many assumptions in our tutorial, so you might want to try giving it another go with that: https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/ If you’re a Mac user, you’re going to need to start moving in this direction even to get WordPress running, as built-in PHP support has been deprecated and Apple plans to stop shipping it in future versions of macOS. > This has been my issue with most Wordpress alternatives-- they assume you are a professional PHP developer, rather than someone who just wants to try a CMS No argument there. WP is built for the masses; Craft is a developer tool. It doesn’t assume PHP knowledge (the built-in templating system is powered by Twig), but you will need a strong understanding of web standards and basic logical concepts. Or you can get your content out using the built-in GraphQL API, to hook it into a decoupled front-end like Next.js or Gatsby. |