Free PrestaShop blog module: the 2026 comparison

PrestaShop does not ship a blog. A store that wants to rank on what its customers search for before buying therefore has to install a module, and the word "free" on a listing covers four different realities: a module that is simply free, a free base version with a paid one above it, a free module whose AI writing is paid for by subscription, or a module with no price that comes with a subscription. This comparison puts five free modules on the same table, then says what each one covers.

The information comes from the publishers' pages, surveyed on 17 September 2026. When a listing does not specify something, the table says "not specified" rather than inventing it. Publium publishes one of the five modules; it is presented in the same format as the others, limits included.

The table

Two paid modules keep coming up in searches and deserve a line: the blog module from FME Modules, at €49, announced from 1.7 to 9 with generation by ChatGPT or Gemini on your own API keys; and the one from Knowband, at 59.99 dollars, announced from 1.7 to 9 with ChatGPT or Gemini as well. They are not in the table because they are not free, which does not make them bad choices.

Module by module

everpsblog

A developer's module, published on GitHub under a free licence and maintained by Team Ever. It covers the essentials of a blog, articles, categories, tags, authors, comments, and adds an import from WordPress and WooCommerce through their APIs, useful if the blog already exists elsewhere. The listing announces PrestaShop 1.7 and 8; 9 was not on it at the time of the survey. Support goes through the repository and the publisher. It is the choice of a store with a technical contractor within reach that wants readable code.

Simple Blog by PrestaHero

The free version installs a blog with categories, comments and the three classic SEO fields, on PrestaShop 1.7 to 9. The publisher is clear about what the free version does not do: no tags, no search, no related content, no structured data, no technical support. Those functions, plus generation by ChatGPT, are in the BLOG version at €139.99. The model is the loss leader: the free version is enough to publish, and the paid one gets bought the day the blog takes off.

SmartBlog by ClassyDevs

The oldest of the five, and for a long time the default free blog module of the ecosystem. The GitHub repository announces 1.6 and 1.7 and has had no change since December 2021; the publisher, ClassyDevs, announces on its side a version 4.1.6 compatible with PrestaShop 8. Categories, tags, comments, archive pages: the functions are there. Before installing it, the question is maintenance; the features are there.

Sedestral

A free module distributed on PrestaShop Addons, announced from 1.6.1 to 9. It brings categories, pagination, related articles, sitemap and microdata, and adapts to a blog that is already in place. Automatic writing and publishing of articles by their AI agents come under a subscription to the Sedestral platform, whose price is on their pricing page. The module is an entry point to that service, and it says so.

Publium

A module with no price, included with every Publium plan and never billed separately, tested on the four generations, 1.6.1, 1.7, 8 and 9, with the same functions everywhere: categories, tags, RSS feed, sitemap entry, BlogPosting structured data, title tag and meta description per article, HTML in the theme's colours. It works on its own and stays in the store if the subscription ends. Writing, on the other hand, lives in the app, on subscription from €19 to €249 a month with no minimum term: catalogue analysis, keywords, articles and product descriptions, scheduled publication into the store through a signed API, with no back-office credentials. The detail is on the free blog module page. The difference from Sedestral is the entry point: their module is downloaded from Addons with no subscription, ours arrives with the plan. Beyond that, the limit is the same: the module publishes, and the writing lives in the app, which is paid.

How to choose

By version first. On a 1.6.1, two modules remain in the running, Sedestral and Publium, the second with a plan; SmartBlog announces it but its repository has not moved since 2021. On a 1.7, the whole table answers. On an 8 or a 9, check the listing on the day you install: everpsblog did not announce 9 at the time of the survey.

By need next. If someone already writes for you, a module that is simply free is enough, and the first criterion becomes code maintenance. If nobody writes, which is the most common case, the module is only half the problem: an empty blog earns nothing, and the question becomes what production costs, in time or in subscription. Having an AI write your blog has its conditions, and rhythm counts more than volume.

By domain last. Every module in the table serves the blog on the store's own domain, and that is their shared advantage over a WordPress set up alongside: the authority the articles earn flows back to the product pages. A blog on a subdomain or on a third-party site does not do that.

What no module does

No module writes a useful article without being told what to write, and none guarantees a position. Review by someone who knows the products still has to happen. The module puts the page online with the right settings; the traffic slope comes from regularity, and it is counted in months. So choose the module you will know how to maintain, then settle the question that remains: who writes, at what rhythm, and with what data in front of them. The compatibility page answers for Publium, version by version; for the others, the publisher's listing is the reference, and it changes.