Build Laravel websites the way WordPress builders wish they could.
Waravel is a Laravel CMS and drag-and-drop website builder — the dashboard, plugins and page editor of WordPress, running on the speed, structure and security of the Laravel framework. Design pages, publish content and manage a real Laravel application without touching a terminal.
// No boilerplate. Waravel wires the CMS into Laravel for you. Route::get('/', [PageController::class, 'render']) ->middleware(['waravel.cache', 'waravel.seo']); Waravel::page('/laravel-website-builder') ->template('builder.dashboard') ->schema('SoftwareApplication') ->publish();
A Laravel content management system, not just a template.
Everything a modern Laravel CMS needs: a visual dashboard, a plugin ecosystem, and a migration path for anyone starting out on WordPress.
Drag-and-drop page builder
Build landing pages and layouts visually, then let Waravel generate clean Blade components underneath — no page-builder shortcode soup.
Page generator plugin →Laravel dashboard, familiar workflow
A laravel dashboard built for editors, not just engineers — manage pages, media, users and settings from one screen.
See CMS features →One-click WordPress import
Run the WordPress migration tool to pull posts, pages and media across and rebuild them as a Laravel-powered site.
WordPress migration tool →Plugins & packages
Extend with official packages — sliders, importers and more — from the open Waravel package repository.
Browse packages →Laravel CMS, side by side.
Waravel
- Framework: Native Laravel
- Editing: Drag-and-drop + Blade
- Migration: Built-in WordPress importer
- Cost: Free core, paid add-ons
WordPress
- Framework: Plain PHP
- Editing: Blocks / shortcodes
- Migration: N/A — you're migrating from it
- Cost: Free core, paid themes/plugins
October CMS
- Framework: Laravel-based
- Editing: Twig components
- Migration: Manual
- Cost: Free core, paid marketplace
Move a WordPress site to Laravel in three steps.
The same migration flow whether you're moving one brochure site or an entire content archive — no data left behind.
Connect your WordPress export
Upload your WordPress XML export or connect directly — Waravel reads posts, pages, media, categories and menus.
Map content to Laravel
The WordPress importer plugin rebuilds each item as native Waravel content, preserving URLs and SEO metadata.
Publish on Laravel
Review, then publish — your site is now running on Laravel's routing, caching and security stack.
Laravel, in numbers.
Why building on Laravel — and choosing a Laravel-native CMS — holds up long-term.
| Created by | Taylor Otwell, first released June 2011 |
|---|---|
| Current major version | Laravel 13, latest stable release 13.26.1 (Aug 2026) |
| Active websites | Estimated at 1.5M+ historically, with roughly 950,000+ currently detected live |
| PHP developer adoption | Cited by JetBrains' State of PHP survey at around 61% of PHP developers using it regularly |
| Release cadence | One major version per year, ~18 months of bug fixes, ~2 years of security fixes |
| License | MIT — free and open-source |
| Industry | Share |
|---|---|
| News & media publishers | ~19% |
| Government | ~5% |
| Finance & investing | ~4% |
| All other sectors | ~72% |
Figures aggregated from public technology-tracking sources (BuiltWith, Similarweb, JetBrains State of PHP) as of early–mid 2026 and rounded for readability.
What's shipping in the Laravel ecosystem.
Laravel 13.26.1 released
The latest point release on the Laravel 13 branch, following v13.0.0's launch earlier in the year.
Laravel LSP announced at Laracon US 2026
A first-party language server for editor tooling, unveiled at Laracon US in Boston.
Laravel AI SDK adds human-in-the-loop tool approval
New approval flow for AI-driven tool calls inside Laravel applications.
Pest 5 released with test impact analysis
The Laravel-favoured testing framework ships agent verification and evals support.
Laravel Live Denmark 2026
300+ developers gathered in Copenhagen for two days of Laravel and PHP talks.
Community updates, summarised for context — for full write-ups, see the wider Laravel news ecosystem and the Waravel community.
Free tools worth bookmarking.
Open documentation, packages and guides — built to be used and shared, not gated.
Waravel documentation
The full reference for building on the Waravel Laravel CMS, from install to custom packages.
packagesPackage repository
Browse official Waravel packages and libraries — plugins, importers, and page tools.
guideWordPress importer walkthrough
Community write-up on migrating content with the WordPress importer plugin.
performanceCaching strategy recommendations
Community-tested guidance for keeping a Laravel site fast under load.
case studiesWaravel case studies
How teams have used Waravel for real Laravel website development projects.
guideUnlock the power of Laravel
An overview of what a Laravel-native platform makes possible beyond a typical CMS.
See the Laravel website builder in action.
Common questions about Laravel and Waravel.
A Laravel website builder is a CMS layer on top of the Laravel PHP framework that lets you design pages, manage content and install plugins without hand-coding every route and Blade view — the same job WordPress does for plain PHP, built natively for Laravel instead.
WordPress is a CMS with PHP underneath; Laravel is the PHP framework itself. A Laravel CMS like Waravel gives you WordPress-style editing plus Laravel's routing, queues, caching and security model, with room to write custom application code alongside your content.
Yes — the Waravel WordPress importer plugin reads your existing posts, pages, media and menus and rebuilds them on a Laravel-powered site, so your content moves across intact.
Waravel's core packages are free to install from the Waravel package repository, with paid plans for hosting, support and advanced modules listed on the pricing page.
Laravel gives you clean, crawlable routing, built-in caching layers and fast response times out of the box. Waravel adds editable meta tags, sitemaps and schema markup on top, so a Laravel site can be optimised the same way a WordPress site is.
No — the drag-and-drop page builder and dashboard are built for non-developers, while Laravel developers can still extend the platform with custom packages, plugins and Blade components when they need to.
Talk to the Waravel team.
Questions about the Laravel website builder, a migration, or a custom Laravel development project — reach the team directly or open a support ticket.