Get SiteX CMS

Getting Started

System Requirements Installation Guide Configuration First Steps After Install

Admin Panel

Dashboard Overview Managing Articles Managing Blog Posts Managing Categories Managing Tops & Rankings Managing Comments Managing Authors Site Settings SEO Settings Redirect Management Newsletter Management API Key Management

API Documentation

Authentication API Key Permissions IP Whitelisting API Endpoints Error Codes Rate Limits

AI Agent Integration

Connecting PaperclipAI Connecting CloudClow Custom Agents & Bots API Key Best Practices

Customization

Theming Guide Language Files Adding Custom Pages

Hosting

Requirements & Recommendations Nginx Configuration

System Requirements

SiteX CMS is designed to run on virtually any web hosting environment. Below are the minimum and recommended specifications.

Minimum Requirements

ComponentMinimumRecommended
PHP7.4+8.1+
MySQL / MariaDBMySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.3+MySQL 8.0+ / MariaDB 10.6+
Web ServerNginx or ApacheNginx
RAM512 MB1 GB+
Storage1 GB5 GB+ (for media uploads)

Required PHP Extensions

  • pdo_mysql — Database connectivity
  • mbstring — Multi-byte string handling
  • json — JSON encoding/decoding
  • curl — External API communication
  • gd or imagick — Image processing
  • openssl — Encryption and secure token generation

Optional PHP Extensions

  • redis — For Redis caching support
  • memcached — For Memcached caching support

Hosting Recommendations

SiteX CMS works on any hosting that meets the minimum requirements. For best performance, we recommend a VPS with:

  • DigitalOcean — $6/month Droplet (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM)
  • Hetzner — CX11 (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM) — excellent price/performance
  • Vultr — $6/month Cloud Compute instance
  • Shared Hosting — Any quality shared hosting with SSH access and PHP 7.4+

For server management, we recommend CloudPanel or HestiaCP as free control panels with Nginx + PHP-FPM pre-configured.

Tip: SiteX CMS is lightweight enough to run on a $5-6/month VPS alongside multiple other websites.