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Buttercms capabilities & Features

Transform the way you create, manage, and deliver content at scale

Unlock marketer autonomy, developer agility, and business momentum, all with one CMS that scales as fast as your business grows.

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Content modeling and creation

Build structured content with reusable content blocks and flexible layouts so marketing teams can publish across web, mobile, and ecommerce without bottlenecks.

Powered by:

  • Components and collections
  • Custom page types and templates
  • Blog Engine

Developer tools and integration

Connect to your stack with flexible, developer-first tools like REST APIs, webhooks, SDKs, and powerful endpoints that make it easy to go from prototype to production.

Powered by:

  • Write API
  • Image API 
  • Webhooks
  • Integrations
  • API Explorer

Workflow and collaboration

Unblock your team and unlock productivity with collaborative workflows that empower everyone to stay in sync and create, edit, and publish with confidence.

Powered by:

  • Role- and locale-based access
  • Custom roles
  • Content approval workflows
  • Preview and schedule publishing
  • Version history

Multi-site and multi-language

Manage content for every site, region, and language from one platform, with the structure and localization tools your global brands need to publish quickly.

Powered by:

  • Multi-site dashboard 
  • Locales and locale-based roles
  • Automated translations 

Media and asset management 

Centralize media management and streamline delivery across digital touchpoints so assets stay on brand, load fast, and display perfectly on any device.

Powered by:

  • Centralized media library
  • Image optimization
  • Image editing
  • Image API

SEO and performance

Deliver fast, search-optimized pages with clean code and customizable SEO fields so your content loads quickly and ranks higher.

Powered by:

  • SEO metadata fields
  • Customizable SEO sections
  • Open Graph and social sharing tags
  • Global CDN
  • Dynamic URL routing
  • Page load speed optimization

AI and automation

Speed up publishing, translation, and migration with AI and smart automation that lightens the load and removes friction for your entire team.

Powered by:

  • AI Assistant
  • Automated translations
  • WordPress Importer

Security and compliance

Keep content secure, control access, and minimize plug-in risks so you can scale without compromising trust, security, or compliance.

Powered by:

  • Secure API-first delivery
  • SSO / 2FA
  • Roles-based access and custom roles
  • Version history

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