UnitCMS is an independent publication about the software people use to build and run websites. We write tutorials, comparisons and news covering WordPress, Shopify, website builders, headless CMS platforms and the hosting, SEO and security work that sits around them.
What We Cover
We focus on the practical decisions site owners, developers and store operators face every week. Our main topics are:
- WordPress. Setup, themes, plugins, the block editor, maintenance, and what each new release changes in practice.
- Shopify and e-commerce platforms. Store setup, apps, payments, migrations, and how Shopify compares with WooCommerce, BigCommerce and other options.
- Website builders. Honest comparisons of hosted builders, covering what they do well and where they will limit you as a site grows.
- Headless CMS. Content modelling, APIs, front-end frameworks, and when a headless setup is worth the extra complexity and when it isn’t.
- Hosting and domains. Choosing a host, understanding plan limits, DNS, SSL, email, and moving a site without breaking it.
- SEO and performance. Core Web Vitals, caching, image handling, technical SEO, and the fixes that actually move results.
- AI tools for websites. What AI features in CMS platforms and plugins can do today, what they get wrong, and where they save real time.
- CMS news. Releases, policy changes, pricing updates, acquisitions and community disputes that affect the platforms you depend on.
The Plugin Security Alert Tracker
Plugin and extension vulnerabilities are one of the most common ways websites get compromised, and the warnings often arrive scattered across vendor changelogs and security bulletins. Our tracker pulls them into one place and labels each entry with a clear status:
- PATCH NOW. A fix is available and the issue is serious enough that you should update right away.
- PATCHED. A fixed version has been released. Check that you are running it, but the urgency is lower.
- NO FIX YET. A vulnerability has been disclosed and no fixed version exists. You should consider deactivating or replacing the affected plugin until the developer ships an update.
Each alert explains which versions are affected, what the risk is in plain terms, and what to do next. We update entries as their status changes.
How We Write
Our guides are built to help you finish a task or make a decision. That means a few things in practice:
- Specific steps over general advice. Where a process has steps, we list them in order, with the settings and menu names you will actually see.
- Trade-offs stated plainly. Every platform has weaknesses. We name them, even for tools we like.
- Current information. CMS platforms change quickly. We check details against official documentation and update articles when features, prices or requirements change.
- No hype. A new feature or tool gets covered on what it does, with no buzzwords standing in for substance.
If you find an error in something we have published, tell us. We correct mistakes and note significant changes.
Independence
UnitCMS is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WordPress, the WordPress Foundation, Automattic, Shopify, or any other platform, host or software vendor we write about. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners and appear here only to identify the software being discussed.
Our recommendations reflect our own assessment. No company pays for a better verdict.
A Note on the Name
The unitcms.net domain previously belonged to a small CMS product. This site is not that software, and we do not offer support, downloads or updates for it. UnitCMS today is a new, independent publication about content management systems and the wider website-building ecosystem.
Who This Site Is For
We write for people who run websites and want clear, accurate answers: small business owners managing their own stores, freelancers building client sites, developers comparing platforms, and anyone who has to keep a site fast, secure and working. Some guides assume no technical background and others go deeper, and we say up front which kind each one is.
UnitCMS is new, and we are building it one useful article at a time.
Who writes here
UnitCMS is written by a small team of writers, each covering their own part of the site, and every article is fact-checked by our standards editor before it is published.
Carla Dunmore
Carla Dunmore covers WordPress, hosting and domains, SEO and performance, and plugin security alerts, working from official documentation, changelogs, vendor advisories and public vulnerability databases. She checks which versions are affected and whether a fix has actually shipped before labelling an alert, and she cares most about giving site owners clear, prioritised steps they can act on. Read Carla’s articles
Ravi Kulkarni
Ravi Kulkarni covers e-commerce platforms, website builders, headless CMS, AI tools and CMS news, reading release notes, pricing pages, official announcements and developer documentation to explain what has changed and who it affects. He compares plans and features against each vendor’s published terms and flags transaction fees, lock-in and migration limits readers need to know before committing. Read Ravi’s articles
Moira Hensley, Standards Editor
Moira Hensley fact-checks every UnitCMS article before publication against the sources it cites, from official documentation and changelogs to vendor announcements and published security advisories. Anything she cannot confirm is corrected, labelled as unverified or removed, and she pays particular attention to version numbers, prices, dates and patch status, since those are the details readers act on.