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{{Short description|Web content management system}}
{{lowercase|title=b2evolution}}
{{Infobox software
| name =
| logo = Logo b2evolution.jpg
| caption =
| developer = François Planque
| latest_release_version = <!-- If you update [[Template:Wordpress version]], it will automatically update this page and [[List of content management systems]]--> {{b2evolution version}}
| latest_release_date = {{b2evolution version|releasedate}}
| programming language   = [[PHP]]
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Content management system|Content & community management system]] [[Blog|blog software]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU General Public License version 2]]
| website = [http://www.b2evolution.net/ www.b2evolution.net]
}}

'''b2evolution''' is a [[content management system|content and community management system]] written in [[PHP]] and backed by a [[MySQL]] database. It is distributed as [[free software]] under the [[GNU General Public License]].

b2evolution originally started as a multi-user multi-[[weblog|blog]] engine when François Planque [[fork (software)|fork]]ed b2evolution from version 0.6.1 of [[b2/cafelog]] in 2003.<ref>[http://b2evolution.net/about/evolutionofb2.html "A strong evolution of b2"]. b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.</ref> A more widely known fork of b2/cafelog is [[WordPress]]. b2evolution is available in [[shared web hosting|web host]] [[Web hosting control panel|control panels]] as a "one click install" [[web app]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simplescripts.com/script_details/install:b2evolution|title=Install b2evolution with one click}}</ref>

Most of the early major releases were named after famous cities or particular places <ref>[http://b2evolution.net/downloads/index.php "Release History"]. b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2009-12-20.</ref> the project maintainer has visited and/or was inspired by.<ref>[http://b2evolution.net/downloads/index.php "Release history"] b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2010-08-26.</ref>

After version 5.0, the project began to emphasize [[online community]] and [[online marketing]] features and integration with [[social networking]] sites, with the ability to automatically post new content to [[Twitter]]. To highlight the software's ability to manage many types of content, its [[blog]]s were renamed to "collections".

b2evolution 5.0 was rapidly adopted, becoming the most popular version,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-b2evolution/all/all|title=Usage statistics and market share of b2evolution for websites}}</ref> but overall b2evolution usage is declining relative to competitors WordPress and [[Drupal]]. Currently,{{when|date=December 2024}} it is installed on less than 0.1% of websites.