- A website server (Apache, Nginx, IIS, Lighttpd)
- A database server (MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server or SQLite)
- PHP version 8.0 or higher
- The following PHP extensions must be installed and enabled:
- Curl
- GD
- Mbstring
- OpenSSL
- PDO (and a relevant driver for your database server)
- SimpleXML
- Zip
Installation Use one of the following methods to get started with Winter CMS
System Requirements
The following requirements are needed to run Winter CMS
Web Installer
For users who just want Winter CMS now
Our Web-based installer provides the simplest, and quickest, method to get a fully functioning Winter CMS project online and started. Simply download and extract a Zip file on your server, navigate to the install URL, follow a couple of steps in the Installer, and you're away!
Instructions
- Download and extract the Zip file above into an empty folder on your web server. The folder must be accessible through a domain, subdomain or subfolder.
- Grant write permissions to all files and folders that were extracted.
- In your web browser, navigate to the URL pointing to your folder, then add /install.html to the end of the URL.
- Follow the instructions provided by the Installer to configure and install Winter CMS.
Composer
For users who want more control over installation
Winter CMS is fully compatible with Composer, the de-facto standard for PHP package management.
With Composer, you have full control over the installation of Winter CMS, allowing you to set up your Winter CMS install, download your necessary plugins and themes immediately and even use automated tools to streamline your development setup and deployment.
Getting all the files and dependencies of Winter CMS through the command line is as simple as:
composer create-project wintercms/winter mywinter
Once you have all the files, you can configure Winter CMS just the way you like.
Softaculous
For users of managed hosting environments
Softaculous is an app installer suite present by default on many website control panels such as cPanel, Plesk, H-Sphere, DirectAdmin, and Interworx.
Search for Winter CMS in your website control panel under the Softaculous section or click below to install directly with Softaculous.
Latest blog post
Winter: 16 Months Later
Published July 14, 2022
With the first year of Winter behind us, let's take a look at what we were able to achieve in 2021.
Latest Winter CMS release
v1.2.1
Released October 20, 2022
14 UX/UI Improvements, 25 API Changes, 33 Bug Fixes, 4 Security Improvements, 5 Translation Improvements, 1 Performance Improvement, 2 Community Improvements, 2 Dependencies, 0 New Contributors
* @cstorus made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/616
* @simonmannsfeld made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/623
* @quangtrongonline made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/636
* @nathanlesage made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/665
* @vllvll made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/669
* @robertalexa made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/668
* @iamyigitkoc made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/624
* @hecc127 made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/682
* @prsuhas made their first contribution in https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pull/723