Web Catalog

Web Catalog is a lightweight, easy-to-modify, and user-friendly online website catalog. The script ships with an administrative panel that lets you add, update, and manage categories and URLs.

Features

• CRUD Nested Categories
• Email Notification
• Role-Based Access Control
• URL Management
• System Logging
• SEO Friendly
• Responsive Design
• Dofollow Link Checker
• Sitemap Generation
• Multilingual Interface
• Website Thumbnail
• Contact Form
• Cloudflare Turnstile protection

Application demo

DEMO: Web Catalog

Admin panel (demo functionality is limited): https://catalog.php8developer.com/admin
Login: demo
Password: demo

Installation & Documentation

Online Documentation

Requirements

Minimal server requirements

• OS: Windows/Linux
• PHP up to 8.4 (You can download and run requirements.php (SHA1 1f38a5e5e983994b626601f3c4bf37089d2fff34) to check PHP compatibility)
• Database: MySQL/MariaDB
• Web server: Apache 2.4/Nginx/LiteSpeed
• Cron/Task Scheduler support
• SMTP account for sending emails
• The following TCP outgoing ports shouldn’t be blocked: 80, 443, 587/465

Third-party services

• Cloudflare Turnstile (free)
• Pagepeeker (free)

Notes

The script ships with an empty database, so the demo categories and links aren’t available.

Changelog (Latest 5)

v 2.17 – 2026.09.28

• Better Apache support

v 2.16 – 2026.07.20

• Rework of the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions pages
• New Cookie Consent widget
• Support of any Consent Management Platform
• Thumbnail request optimization
• Toggle country listing
• SEO tags improvements
• Better error handling
• Revise HTTP headers used for request fingerprints
• Opt out of public CDNs in favor of local hosting
• UI improvements
• Small bug fixes

v 2.15 – 2026.04.01

• Cloudflare Turnstile UX improvements
• SEO rel canonical support
• HTTP request refactoring and improvements
• Small bug fixes

v 2.14 – 2026.03.06

• Abandonment of Google ReCAPTCHA in favor of Cloudflare Turnstile
• Custom sort of the Country and Category URL listings
• Small UI improvements
• Small bug fixes

v 2.13 – 2026.01.12

• PHP 8.3 and PHP 8.4 support
• Added a single language support
• Added the possibility to open a submitted URL in an interim (redirect) page
• Added the possibility to disable the URL reachable validator
• Added the possibility to submit the same URL to different category roots
• Added the possibility to receive an email notification on new URL submission
• Added the possibility to allow premium URLs not to include a backlink
• UI/UX. Added the possibility to set the target attribute
• UI/UX. URLs are now sortable in the admin panel
• Improved security
• Bug fixes