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C.A.R.L CMS
One plugin killed 18 of my sites. I built the fix.
CARL generates real static PHP files and writes them directly to your server. No WordPress runtime. No plugin ecosystem to exploit. No platform fees. Ever. One payment. Unlimited sites. Unlimited domains. Client work included. Lifetime updates — because I run my own sites on CARL and I'm not going anywhere. Built by a solo developer after one WordPress plugin destroyed 18 professional sites in a single afternoon. CARL is what I built so it can never happen again.
A WordPress plugin my daughter installed for a university project had a vulnerability. That vulnerability took down 18 of my professional client sites in a single afternoon.
One plugin. One afternoon. Eighteen sites gone.
I got so angry that I deleted every account from my server without even uninstalling WordPress first. Then I booked a flight to the Netherlands and took a two-week holiday.
When I came back, I started building CARL.
CARL generates real static PHP files and writes them directly to your server. There is no WordPress runtime executing on every page load. No plugin ecosystem to exploit. No xmlrpc.php being brute-forced at 3 am. When a visitor arrives, they get a file. That's it.
One payment. Unlimited sites. Unlimited domains. Client work included. Lifetime updates.
I'd love to know — are you still on WordPress, or have you already escaped?
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About C.A.R.L CMS on Product Hunt
“One plugin killed 18 of my sites. I built the fix.”
C.A.R.L CMS was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #144 on the daily leaderboard. CARL generates real static PHP files and writes them directly to your server. No WordPress runtime. No plugin ecosystem to exploit. No platform fees. Ever. One payment. Unlimited sites. Unlimited domains. Client work included. Lifetime updates — because I run my own sites on CARL and I'm not going anywhere. Built by a solo developer after one WordPress plugin destroyed 18 professional sites in a single afternoon. CARL is what I built so it can never happen again.
C.A.R.L CMS was featured in Productivity (658.2k followers), SEO (38k followers) and Website Builder (9.7k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 165.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted C.A.R.L CMS?
C.A.R.L CMS was hunted by Carl Riedel. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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