Is CMSKite a WordPress plugin?

No. It is a separate service. On a WordPress site you paste two lines into a Custom HTML block, which is part of WordPress; there is nothing to install or update.

Can I move my WordPress posts into CMSKite?

Not with one click: there is no importer yet. You can copy posts in yourself, or a developer can create them through the API. Posts you leave on WordPress keep their addresses and rankings.

Is a CMSKite blog as good for Google as WordPress?

Each post gets its own address, title, description, canonical link, article data and sitemap entry. The difference is how the page is made: WordPress sends finished HTML, while the embed draws the post with JavaScript. Google runs that script; many other crawlers do not. The free blog link and a site built on our API send finished HTML.

Do I need hosting for CMSKite?

No. Your posts and images are hosted by us, and the free blog link works without any website. To show the posts on your own domain, you need a website of some kind to paste the two lines into.

Can I use CMSKite on WordPress.com?

Yes, on a paid WordPress.com plan with hosting features turned on, using a Custom HTML block. On other plans WordPress.com filters scripts out when you save; link to your free blog link from your menu instead.

Compare · WordPress

CMSKite or WordPress for your blog? The honest comparison.

WordPress runs a whole website on a server you look after. CMSKite runs only the blog: you write in our dashboard and the posts appear on a free blog link and on the site you already have, with nothing to host or update. Here is how the two compare, where WordPress is the better choice, and how to use both.

DashboardOpen dashboard Start freeNo card. Your blog is live in a minute.

A WordPress site’s Blog page showing a list of CMSKite posts in the theme’s own fonts, below the site’s normal header and menu. — Not either-or: CMSKite posts on a WordPress page, through two lines in a Custom HTML block.

The short answer

Choose WordPress if you need a whole website you control down to the code, with comments, themes and plugins, and someone to keep it updated.
Choose CMSKite if you want a blog without running a website for it: one that is live the day you sign up, shows on the site you already have (WordPress or not), and leaves nothing on your server to update.
Already on WordPress and happy with its posts? Keep them. Nothing on this page is a reason to move a blog that works.

Side by side

WordPress here means the free software from wordpress.org on a host you choose. WordPress.com, the hosted service, is covered under the table.

	WordPress (self-hosted)	CMSKite
What it is	Open-source software (GPLv2 or later) for a whole website: pages, posts, themes, plugins.	A blog service. You write in our dashboard; the posts show on your free blog link and on any website.
To start	Free to download. You need hosting: WordPress recommends PHP 8.3 or later and MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.11 or later.	Sign up free, no card. The blog is hosted at `cmskite.com/b/your-name` from the first minute.
Updates	Minor and security releases install themselves on most sites. Major releases need Update Now. Plugin and theme auto-updates are off until an Administrator turns them on, one by one.	Nothing to update on your side. The two lines on your page load the current version from us.
Your existing site	The blog is part of the WordPress site.	Two lines on one page of WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix or plain HTML. The posts take your page’s fonts and colours.
Writers	Five roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber. An Editor can edit every page of the site, not only posts.	Six roles plus roles of your own; publishing is a permission of its own. Writers sign in to CMSKite, never to your website.
Search basics	Pages are HTML from your server, readable by any crawler. Meta descriptions are not included by default; most sites add an SEO plugin.	Each post gets a slug, search title, description, social image, canonical link, article data and a sitemap entry, no plugin. On your site the embed draws posts with JavaScript (Google runs it; many other crawlers do not); the free link is plain HTML.
Comments	Built in, with moderation and spam settings.	None.
Taking your posts with you	Tools → Export makes one XML file (WXR) of posts, pages, comments, categories, tags and users, which another WordPress can import.	No export button and no importer yet. One API request exports everything a project stores as newline-delimited JSON, on any plan, and every post can be read in the format you wrote it (Markdown, HTML or plain text).

WordPress.com hosts WordPress for you, so the server and core updates are theirs. Its free plan shows WordPress.com ads to your visitors and has no custom domain; installing plugins starts at the Personal plan. CMSKite’s free blog link has no ads, but it also has no custom domain: to have posts on your own domain, you put them on your website with the embed.

When WordPress is the better choice

You need a whole website, not only a blog. CMSKite has no pages, menus, forms or shop. It brings a blog to a site; it does not replace one.
You want comments and a community under your posts. WordPress has them built in. CMSKite posts have no comments.
Every post must be plain HTML on your domain, with no developer. WordPress serves each post as a finished page. CMSKite’s two-line embed draws posts in the browser: Google reads them, but many other crawlers, including most behind AI assistants, do not. Plain HTML on your domain with CMSKite needs a developer and our API.
You want everything on your own server. Self-hosted WordPress keeps the code and the data on hosting you control. CMSKite keeps your posts on our servers (paid plans can keep them in a MongoDB database you own).
You need a plugin for something specific, such as memberships or a particular integration. WordPress’s plugin directory is very large; CMSKite has webhooks and an API instead of plugins.

When CMSKite is the better choice

You want a blog today and no server to look after. Your free blog link is live from sign-up. There is no hosting, no PHP version, no backups and no update to apply.
Your website is not WordPress. The two-line embed works on Shopify, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix and plain HTML, and the dashboard has a prompt for Lovable, Bolt and Emergent sites.
Your site is WordPress, but writers should not be in wp-admin. Paste two lines into a Custom HTML block once. Writers then work in CMSKite with their own roles, and cannot touch your theme, plugins or pages.
The blank page is the problem. Write with AI drafts a post from one sentence, with the search title and description filled in, for you to check and publish.
You run blogs for several sites. One account holds several websites, each with its own posts, settings and blog link (see the plans below).
A developer will build the site. The same posts come from a REST API, a TypeScript SDK and an MCP server, so the site can render them itself.

Using both

Most people comparing the two already have a WordPress site. You can keep it, keep its existing posts at their addresses, and show CMSKite posts on one page with a Custom HTML block. CMSKite for WordPress has the clicks, the common problems, and the short snippet that keeps WordPress’s canonical link out of the way of each post’s own.

Moving old posts across is manual for now: there is no WordPress importer. Copy the posts that still bring visitors into CMSKite yourself, or have a developer do it with the API. Posts left on WordPress keep their addresses and rankings. Avoid having the same topic in both places, so two posts do not compete for one search.

What CMSKite costs

	Free	Starter	Team
Price	Free forever	₹799 / $9 a month	₹2,499 / $29 a month
Posts	35	Unlimited	Unlimited
Posts written with AI	3 a month	30 a month	30 a month
Websites	1	1	5
Team members	2	3	5

WordPress itself is free; what it costs you is hosting, a domain, any paid plugins or theme, and the time to keep them updated. Those depend on your choices, so we do not put a number on them.

Sources

Checked on 4 October 2026. If something here has changed, tell us and we will correct it.

Questions

Is CMSKite a WordPress plugin?: No. It is a separate service. On a WordPress site you paste two lines into a Custom HTML block, which is part of WordPress; there is nothing to install or update.
Can I move my WordPress posts into CMSKite?: Not with one click: there is no importer yet. You can copy posts in yourself, or a developer can create them through the API. Posts you leave on WordPress keep their addresses and rankings.
Is a CMSKite blog as good for Google as WordPress?: Each post gets its own address, title, description, canonical link, article data and sitemap entry. The difference is how the page is made: WordPress sends finished HTML, while the embed draws the post with JavaScript. Google runs that script; many other crawlers do not. The free blog link and a site built on our API send finished HTML.
Do I need hosting for CMSKite?: No. Your posts and images are hosted by us, and the free blog link works without any website. To show the posts on your own domain, you need a website of some kind to paste the two lines into.
Can I use CMSKite on WordPress.com?: Yes, on a paid WordPress.com plan with hosting features turned on, using a Custom HTML block. On other plans WordPress.com filters scripts out when you save; link to your free blog link from your menu instead.

Checked 4 October 2026