43% of the internet already runs on it.

These are not marketing numbers. They come from W3Techs, the most widely cited source for web technology surveys. WordPress has held the dominant position for over a decade and the gap continues to grow.

WordPress is open source software released under the GPL licence. That means no single company controls it. No board of directors can decide to raise prices, change terms, or shut it down. The code belongs to everyone who uses it.

Compare that to every SaaS tool you depend on today. Each one is controlled by a company that can change the pricing, restrict features, or disappear entirely. Your data sits on their servers. Your workflows depend on their decisions. Your business runs on their permission.

WordPress runs on your server. Your hosting. Your terms. Nobody can revoke access to your own website.

WordPress installs on any web server that supports PHP and MySQL. That includes shared hosting for $5 a month, managed WordPress hosting, your own dedicated server, or a cloud instance you control. There are thousands of hosting providers in every country on earth.

If you don't like your hosting provider, you move. Your entire site, your data, your configuration, everything comes with you. Try doing that with a SaaS platform.

This portability is not a nice feature. It is a fundamental right. Your business should never be locked to a single provider's infrastructure.

WordPress has more developers, more designers, more agencies, and more contributors than any other web platform. When you have a problem, someone has already solved it. When you need a feature, someone has already built it. When something breaks, thousands of people are working on the fix.

This community is not controlled by a corporation. It is driven by people who use WordPress every day to run real businesses. WordCamps happen in cities around the world. Meetups run every week. The knowledge base is enormous and almost entirely free.

Building on WordPress means building on the largest support network the web has ever produced.

This is not about WordPress being perfect. It is about WordPress giving you control. The tools you build on, the data you collect, the integrations you depend on. All of it stays with you.

For all its strengths, WordPress has always had one gap. The tools built on top of it are disconnected. Plugins don't share data. Each one stores information its own way. Your CRM doesn't talk to your email tool. Your forms don't connect to your customer records. You end up with seven plugins, seven data silos, and zero unified view of your business.

That is the problem Merebase solves. One shared data layer underneath everything. Focused modules that each do one thing brilliantly, all reading from the same foundation. Your customer is the same customer everywhere. Turn modules on and off without losing anything.

WordPress is the foundation. Merebase is the ecosystem that makes it work as a complete business platform.

WordPress is released under the GPL v2 licence. Every plugin built for WordPress respects that same licence. Merebase is no different. The code you install is genuinely yours. Open. Readable. Redistributable. That is what GPL means and we would not have it any other way.

This is what real ownership looks like. If Merebase disappeared tomorrow, every module you installed would keep working. Your data stays. Your site stays. Nothing stops running because a licence expired or a server went offline. The code is yours.

A lot of premium WordPress plugins say you own the software. But when your licence lapses, features start disappearing. Functionality gets reduced. Data gets locked away. That is not ownership. That is a subscription with extra steps.

Merebase does not do this. Every module you install continues to work fully, regardless of your membership status. No features removed. No data restricted. No functionality disabled. If you choose not to renew, you keep everything you have. It just stops receiving updates.

What your membership gives you is access to the living ecosystem. New updates. Security patches. New module releases. The community. The AI configuration assistant. The knowledge base. These are the things that keep your stack current and supported. The code itself is always yours.

Think of it like buying a house. You own the house outright. You can live in it, renovate it, do whatever you want. If you choose to pay for maintenance, someone keeps the roof in good shape and the plumbing current. If you stop paying for maintenance, the house still stands. It is still yours. It just stops getting looked after.

That is the Merebase model. The code is the house. The membership is the maintenance. One is a purchase. The other is a choice. Both respect the fact that it belongs to you.