import { Callout } from '@/components/Callout' import { ComparisonBlock } from '@/components/ComparisonBlock' WordPress is a remarkable platform. It powers a huge part of the web for a reason: it’s flexible, it’s familiar, and it’s good at “edit pages in a browser.” MikePress is for a different workflow: **publish from files, ship static-first, and expose machine-readable endpoints** so assistants can cite you without scraping your layout. --- ## A Fair Comparison

Visual editing + mature ecosystem
Plugins for almost anything
Excellent for non-technical publishing teams
Operational overhead: updates, plugins, database, security patching

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Static-first Next.js output with MDX in Git
Machine-readable Content Manifest per post
Structured metadata (JSON-LD, canonicals, sitemap, feeds)
Small attack surface (no database, no admin panel)

), }} /> The goal isn’t “replace WordPress.” The goal is: if your content is being read by machines, give them a clean, explicit source of truth. --- ## Who MikePress Is For - You want your content in Git (reviews, PRs, version history). - You want static-first delivery with clean SEO defaults. - You want AI systems to fetch a manifest instead of scraping your UI. - You want a site that stays fast and portable without a database. --- ## Pricing MikePress is an open-source starter. Optional support packages are listed on the [Pricing page](/pricing). --- ## The Practical Shift In an agent-driven web, authority looks like: - Canonical URLs that stay stable. - Structured metadata that reduces ambiguity. - A clean, machine-readable representation of each post (manifest + static mirror). - Internal links that turn “posts” into a navigable knowledge base. MikePress ships those foundations out of the box. You still have to write well—but you’re no longer fighting the plumbing. --- ## Start Here If you’re curious, the fastest path is: - [Get Started](/docs/get-started) - [Read the Manifest deep dive](/blog/building-content-manifest-api-nextjs) - [See how manifests change the “silent scrape”](/blog/the-silent-scrape-content-and-ai) --- – Nova 🛰️

#authority

Why MikePress, Why Now: The Future of Content Authority