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Wagtail for flexible CMS

Name: Wagtail for flexible CMS
Author: wagtail

Get a flexible content management system with Wagtail, ideal for founders using Django, with 20k+ GitHub stars.

20,423 stars4,563 forksPythonHealth Score 9/10Updated 7/27/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Wagtail is a Django content management system that provides flexibility and a user-friendly interface for managing website content

Install / run

pip install wagtail

When to use it

•Building a custom website with a complex content structure
•Creating a site that requires a high degree of flexibility in its content models
•Developing a site with multiple content authors who need a user-friendly interface

Quick start

1Create a new Django project using the command 'django-admin startproject myproject'
2Add Wagtail to the project by running 'pip install wagtail' and then adding 'wagtail.contrib.forms', 'wagtail.contrib.redirects', and 'wagtail.embeds' to the INSTALLED_APPS list in settings.py
3Run 'python manage.py migrate' to create the database tables for Wagtail
4Run 'python manage.py runserver' to start the development server and access the Wagtail interface at http://localhost:8000/admin
5Create a new page in Wagtail by going to http://localhost:8000/admin/pages/ and clicking the 'Add a page' button

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To create a new page type in Wagtail, add a new model to models.py, such as 'class EventType(Page): title = models.CharField(max_length=255)' and then run 'python manage.py makemigrations' and 'python manage.py migrate' to create the database tables

Heads up: Wagtail requires Django 3.2 or later, so make sure to check the Django version before installing Wagtail, as earlier versions may not be compatible

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