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Joomla was the leader in CMS’s for a long time, until WP broadened it’s target market away from just blogs.

I think drupal was a thing for a while too, but it didn't make much sense to me at the time.

Drupal was very popular for people who reached the limits of what WordPress could do.

Let's not forget Mambo

Your mention here is the first time I've heard of Movable Type.

Kid, have a seat. We've been hoping we wouldn't have to tell you this story, but it's time you learn about the Great Blogging Platform Wars of the last 2000s…

I have not heard that in a LONG time... that thing was awful, tbh. WP was amazing when it came along.

MT are mostly perl-based, and generates (mostly) static html back in its day.

Free PHP web hosting was easier to find.