#1 most frequent
Russian Federation
48.8%3,162 installations of 6,479
What is MODX?
The MODX Digital Experience Platform provides everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way.
Categories & Use Cases
Media
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Screenshot of MODX Manager Interface
Top Performing Features
SEO support
The CMS helps users create the right website infrastructure (pagination, page headers, titles, meta tags, url structure, etc.) to increase the site’s visibility in search engine results.
Category average: 7.6
Role-based user permissions
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Category average: 8.3
Code quality / cleanliness
Code generated by WYSIWYG editor is clean and validates according to W3C standards.
Category average: 7.9
Areas for Improvement
Availability / breadth of extensions
There is a broad library of extensions, plug-ins, modules or add-ons that allow users to easily customize their websites without building custom code.
Category average: 7.5
Library of website themes
A library of website frameworks or themes is available as a starting point for building a website.
Category average: 7.3
API
An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.
Category average: 8
Who Buys & Uses MODX
#2 most frequent
United States of America
9.0%581 installations of 6,479
#3 most frequent
Germany
8.0%516 installations of 6,479
Why I think modx beats all other CMS that I have tried to far (I built sites using more than 5 other popular CMS)
Pros
- Customize, no limits anything is possible in terms of design and output.
- Scalable, can grow fast in terms of page numbers and still serve them faster than most CMS out there.
- Security - its really secure esp if you harden it. Knock on wood, but we never had a MODX site hacked.
- Fast - caching is great really great speeds
- Quality add ons - instead of 1000000 plugins MODX has a few that are written really well and do everything you need, fast and optimized.
Cons
- Releases - MODX 3 is taking long to get released
- Small community
Return on Investment
- Bigger learning curve but well worth it
Alternatives Considered
WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal and Concrete5
Other Software Used
PrestaShop, Drupal
Usability
For our university MODX stood out among the rest!
Pros
- Ease of use - the MODX platform is very easy to use for someone who may have limited experience in content management.
- Content blocks - the content blocks within MODX add to the usability and customization of the website being managed.
Cons
- Content Blocks - I mentioned this as a strength, but it also has its quirks. There are times that things do not function properly within the content blocks we have set up.
- More Customization - The ability for the average user to customize more without having to know a ton of code.
Return on Investment
- The positive impact that MODX has had on our organization is that it has allowed us to generate more organic traffic to our site.
- We are also able to push more paid advertisements to our site on our lead generation landing pages.
Alternatives Considered
WordPress
Other Software Used
FileZilla, Airtable, SEMRush, Cisco Webex Calling, Join.me, GoToMeeting
MODX Can Be a Developer's Dream if Content Authors Get Onboard
Pros
- Custom design capabilities.
- Works well with plugins.
- Permission systems for users.
Cons
- The user interface was confusing at times.
- Not a plug and play CMS system.
- The site manager doesn't always run fast.
Return on Investment
- Increased security permissions of the users and freelancers who worked on our website.
- Gave our developers the ability to create any page that they wanted with custom code.
- Hindered our Marketing team's ability to stay on top of our content strategy with changes.
Alternatives Considered
WordPress, Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins, HubSpot and Unbounce
Other Software Used
Unbounce, Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins, HubSpot
