Build Your Own Online Community

Pligg was created as a social networking CMS. While most content management systems are designed for only a handful of authors, Pligg CMS was designed to manage a site with an unlimited number of authors. All of these registered users are in control of the website's content. It is a user driven CMS that relies on independent authors' content and participation to manage news articles.

Pligg started as a simple CMS to let users submit and vote on news articles, and that's still what we do best. Vote on stories that interest you and articles that receive enough votes will appear on the homepage of your Pligg site. Pligg offers a 5 star method for voting or the more traditional numbered voting as seen on sites like Digg, Mixx, or Reddit.

Community Features

Groups

Groups allow users to share articles with other members who share a common interest in a topic. Join a group to submit topical articles that other members would be interested in. Some groups may require membership approval before you become a member.

Private Messaging

A social network site isn't very social without the ability to communicate with each other. We included a private messaging module with Pligg, so that you can send your friends a message that they can respond to.

Advanced Comment System

Not only can you comment on articles, but you can rate comments posted by other users. This effects the way that the comments are displayed, putting higher quality comments on top where they belong.

User Profiles

Each user that signs up on a Pligg site gets their own profile page where they can change their settings, send personal messages, add an avatar, make friends and other great features.

Customizing Pligg

Module System

Add additional functionality to your Pligg site without having to alter the Pligg code. There is already a large library of modules to choose from that will greatly enhance your Pligg site. Check out the free modules by creating a forum account.

Smarty Templates

We use the Smarty template system to keep our code separate from the design. This makes updating your site to the latest version of Pligg easier, and designing new templates a breeze. View free templates listed on the forum.

Easy Upgrades

Upgrades are a snap thanks to our module and templating systems. Since you don't need to edit any of the "core" files, the upgrade process is simple and fast.

More Great Features

RSS Feeds

We're big fans of using RSS feeds to follow the latest news from our favorite sites and that's why we have added RSS functionality all over Pligg. You can subscribe to a user's voting trends, the front page, upcoming page and categories.

SEO Enhanced

We've done our best to help drive more traffic to your site by being as search engine friendly as possible. Our SEO methods will help get your site indexed faster and more often.

Multiple Languages

Users choose an installation language during the first step of creating a Pligg site. Become a translator and have your language added to the list by joining the Pligg Translator Group.

Pligg Modules and Pligg Templates from Pligg Pro

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Pligg has scaled phenomenally well to accommodate
this growth in traffic and contributed to the high end user experience, a key driver for our growth.

Sameer Bhatia, Founder & President, ProProfs.com