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Drupal vs WordPress
Drupal and WordPress are both open source content management systems (CMS) based on PHP and GPL licensing. While they share some similarities, there are also notable differences in their usage, communities, releases, plugins/modules, and performance. Drupal tends to be better for larger-scale or more complex websites that integrate with other systems, while WordPress is generally better for smaller sites like blogs or online brochures. Both have pros and cons regarding specific features.
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Drupal vs WordPress
- 1. Drupal vs WordPress The ultimate CMS showdown!
- 2. SAME OLD STUFF •Function based PHP5 • Open source / GPL • Acquia / Automattic • Drupal Gardens / WordPress.com • Multi‐site • Unpronounceable surnames
- 3. JARGON Drupal WordPress Nodes Posts Content types Post types Blocks Widgets Regions Sidebars Modules Plugins
- 4. USAGE Drupal WordPress Websites 500,000 4,500,000 Market share (overall) 6.2% 54.3% Market share (top 10k) 2.6% 5.3%
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- 6. FORUM ACTIVITY 996,313 posts 673,485 users 1.48 posts/user
- 7. FORUM ACTIVITY 2,280,217 posts 4,500,000 users (approx) 0.50 posts/user
- 8. DRUPALCON • Twice a year • Mixed locations •1750 attendees DrupalCon London
- 9. WORDCAMP • Once a year • Official event held in San Francisco •1000 attendees in 2011
- 10. RELEASES 15 August 2011 26 June 2011 07 May 2011 18 March 2011 27 January 2011 08 December 2010 Drupal 7 WordPress 3
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- 13. MODULES/PLUGINS Drupal WordPress Views N/A Token Shortcode (core) CCK/fields More fields Pathauto Core Core More types Core More taxonomies Meta tags WordPress SEO Ubercart/Drupal Commerce WP Commerce
- 14. PERFORMANCE Drupal WordPress Back end 0.6 0.7 Front end 2.0 1.5
- 15. WHAT’S GOOD... Drupal WordPress • Site building configuration • Content editing • Flexibility • Usability • Low supply, high demand • Huge developer community • Modules • Documentation • Code quality • Design quality • Clean core • Core functionality
- 16. WHAT’S BAD... Drupal WordPress • Asset/media manager • Login API • Documentation • Views • WYSIWYG • Page structuring • ‘Polished’ modules • Core content structuring
- 17. BEST FOR... •Larger‐scale web apps • Integrating with other systems • Multi‐role sites
- 18. BEST FOR... • Brochure sites • Blogs • Small shops
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Editor's Notes
- #2 Who’s a Drupal/WordPress developer? Hands and shouts
- #3 Not OOPXHTML
- #5 Websites – http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/topMarket share (overall) - http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/allMarket share (top 10k) - http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/top
- #6 Members, Core contributors,Helpfulness,
- #11 Drupal - http://drupal.org/node/3060/release?api_version[]=87WordPress - http://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/
- #12 WP Modules do the same thing
- #15 Hello world, Bartek/2011 themes which includes1 block/widget, Logged out, After caching
- #16 Out the box themesMultiple ways to solve a problem in Drupal
- #18 Interoperates with other systems,Flexiblity
- #19 Out the box – brilliant. The more you try and do, the harder it becomes
- #21 Boy-racer car