Learn the manifest contract, capability prompts, and sandbox model that makes every plugin auditable before install.
Read the overview →StartCoreCommunity
This is the front door for the ecosystem: get the CMS, understand the plugin model, install audited extensions, publish your own, and follow the project as it grows.
WordPress.org has a download page because WordPress ships as a package. EmDash has a core project and a marketplace. Start with the part that matches what you are trying to do.
The core project, framework docs, and runtime setup live at the upstream site. Use this when you need the engine itself.
Open emdashcms.com →Point your EmDash site at this registry, review capability prompts in the admin, and install verified plugins or themes. Manual bundles available too.
Use the install guide →Search and filter the live catalog of sandboxed plugins. See audit verdicts, download/install counts, author signals, and declared capabilities.
Open plugins hub →Discover high-quality themes with screenshots, keywords, and direct install paths.
Open themes hub →Extension handbook, manifest schema, feeds, MCP endpoint, OpenAPI, and badge surfaces for developers and publishers.
Open developer resources →Register a plugin or theme, connect GitHub releases, and ship with a public, reproducible audit trail for every version.
Read the publishing guide →The core CMS, framework docs, runtime setup, and canonical product home live with the upstream project.
The public marketplace and ecosystem home: extensions, learning, publishing, reviews, transparency, feeds, API, and community.
A useful ecosystem is not just downloads. It needs examples, careful comparisons, open status, and people willing to improve the rough edges.
Boundaries between core and ecosystem, support routing, security policy, and how the marketplace stays honest at small scale.
Where EmDash follows and diverges from WordPress: capability prompts, mandatory audits, manifest contracts, and runtime ownership.
Weekly digests and transparency reports covering every new listing, review outcome, revocation, and scanner improvement.
Docs, real-world testing, scanner rules, moderation, publisher support, or work on the marketplace itself.