Editing Nucleus CMS (section)

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| developer = [http://docs.nucleuscms.org/item/147 The Nucleus Group]
| latest_release_version = 3.70
| latest_release_date = {{start date|2014|9|22}}
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| platform = [[PHP]]
| genre = [[Blog]], [[Content Management System]]
| website = [http://nucleuscms.org/ nucleuscms.org]
|discontinued = yes|licence = [[GNU General Public License]]}}

'''Nucleus CMS''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[blog]] management software package written in [[PHP]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/nucleuscms/|title=Nucleus CMS}}</ref> with a [[MySQL]] backend. It is used to manage frequently-updated Web content. With a little tweaking (mainly to skins), it might be considered<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2008/12/05/wordpress-suck-try-nucleus-cms/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405042816/http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2008/12/05/wordpress-suck-try-nucleus-cms/ |archive-date=2012-04-05 |title=WordPress Sucks? Try Nucleus CMS {{!}} Mitchelaneous}}</ref> a lightweight [[content management system]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cmsreport.com/category/nucleus-cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121035243/http://www.cmsreport.com/category/nucleus-cms |archive-date=2008-11-21 |title=Nucleus CMS {{!}} CMS Report}}</ref>

Nucleus makes use of a [[callback function]] which has led to a plugin system in multiple languages.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wakka.xiffy.nl/plugin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031002005355/http://wakka.xiffy.nl/Plugin |archive-date=2003-10-02 |title=Nucleus : Plugin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://japan.nucleuscms.org/wiki/plugins|title = Plugins &#91;Nucleus CMS Japan Wiki&#93;}}</ref> The general drive within the development community is that functionality should exist as plugins as totally as possible. This philosophy has led to a relatively light and uncluttered base install.