Which CMS to choose for a small news site?

Question

CMS

I have a small site on DLE, the subject is reviews on equipment.
DLE is certainly not a bad CMS, but there are a lot of extra features. But he has one advantage - it's sooooo easy to make up for him.
What you need:
1. Small weight of the system itself, so that it is not cumbersome
2. The main functions of writing news, that is, it is necessary that there be a short and complete news, a text editor, comments, preferably a rating. Any clouds of tags, calendars and other nonsense are not needed.
3. Registration on the site, as well as blocking functions by IP, etc.
4. It is desirable to have something like an admin panel to configure the site.
5. Well, I really would like it to be easy to make a template for this CMS (otherwise I downloaded some CMS, and there it’s just some kind of horror, everything is scattered throughout the CMS, it was very difficult to change something somewhere) .
6. Paid / free - it doesn't matter, I still download a broken one, but it's better to have a free one, so that my conscience does not torment ...
I really hope for your help in finding and choosing.

Answer 1

In my opinion, for a blog or news site, Wordpress is the best. And a bunch of different plugins and functions are in it and for it, which will optimize the site.

Answer 2

MODx + Tickets
With the help of reference information, make a news site with the ability to comment / rating articles and comments

Answer 3

You can create a group in VK and add any news there.
pluses: no need to worry about layout and customization, it's easy to add news.
cons: it's a contact

Answer 4

I think
wordpress is suitable for such needs .

Answer 5

Look in the direction of template.monstra.org
It's not so difficult to make layout under wordpress either. There are some nuances, but about the same as for DLE. I think you can figure it out in the evening according to the manuals.

Answer 6

Naturally Wordpress. The most popular CMS. This is what search queries say.