I've always like to tinker with smaller websites that I can work with. I have been a (not very active) volunteer with Pluck CMS which is more than 20 years old and soon to release it's version 5.0, and I ran a site for an org based on a simple PHP router and htaccess file. https://github.com/billcreswell/filecms. I like to be able to move an backup a site simply.
The Bludit documentation includes instructions for Docker, and other methods. My webhost uses Softaculous, so I really take advantage of it to try out differnent software, so that's what I used. If you'd like, softaculous has a demo installed https://www.softaculous.com/demos/Bludit.
Install a Plugin Manager in Bludit
By default, Bludit doesn't include a plugin manager, so the first one requires more effort. It is great that Bludit is well documented. https://docs.bludit.com/en/getting-started/plugins
Using those instructions, the first plugin to installl is the https://plugins.bludit.com/plugin/upload-plugin by Multcolor-RGB
Once that plugin is installed, I play with different themes and plugins.
I deactivate once I am done.
