Posted by: administrator on Wednesday, 11 March 2009

NOTE: Rather than posting an exhaustive comparison of the two, this will be the first post in a series looking at what sets them apart and why you would be better off with either in particular situations.

Both Joomla and Wordpress are industry-leading Open Source publishing platforms that make it simple for people with no knowledge of HTML to create blogs and publish pages to their website easily and quickly.

However, they are each built for different core audiences - Wordpress is essentially a blogging tool; extending its feature set beyond blogging requires the use of FTP and custom code - so it is best suited for individuals and small organizations who have an on-going relationship with a web developer who can provide upgrade and feature developments for them.  This isn't to say that it can't be used to create highly usable websites with creative aesthetics; but just that doing this takes more elbow grease than with, say, Joomla.

Out-of-the-box, Joomla allows users to create dynamic websites which incorporate a powerful menu system that allows dynamic displays of content - not only for blogs but other lists or tables of content items, with just a few clicks of a button.  Innately, Joomla websites can be grown by uploading sub-programs (eg an e-commerce package or discussion forum) directly through the admin interface in a browser- no need for ftp or dealing with any code whatsoever; Joomla offers more powerful yet easier scalability than Wordpress.

Another major feature that sets the two apart is the ability to edit posts from the front-end; managing a Joomla site can be much faster and visually understandable as only admins need to see/use a dashboard/admin side of the site - anyone with content submission/editing permissions can simply log into the front end of a site, be shown the edit button [or submit new content] and make changes live to the site.

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Bravo! you said it and . . . . posted by Danie on 2009-03-11 I usually ask people "Can you write a letter using Excel?" - Well you could but it was not made for that! I guess it’s a case of "Horses for Courses" – each has it’s role and area where it’s the best tool to use. My 2 cents, pennies .. .. whatever Quote

Wordpress vs Joomla posted by Federico Capoano on 2009-03-12 "Qasim Virjee ha iniziato una serie di post su whyjoomla.org in cui farà un confronto tra Wordpress e Joomla." http://www.joomlashow.it/news/joomla/wordpress-vs-joomla/ Quote

Ad. Wordpress vs Joomla posted by SRobert2 on 2009-03-13 "Joomla offers more powerful yet easier scalability than Wordpress" - I agree. http://www.templatka.pl Quote

Images posted by Milos on 2009-03-13 Wordpress have much better solution for storing images. In Joomla you have to create and organize folders, Wordpress have its own logic. In wordpress also you can search for images uploaded to server, Joomla can't do that. In those cases, wordpress won! Quote

re: Images posted by Professional Joomla Services on 2009-03-24 Milos wrote: Wordpress have much better solution for storing images. In Joomla you have to create and organize folders, Wordpress have its own logic. In wordpress also you can search for images uploaded to server, Joomla can't do that. In those cases, wordpress won! Yes I definitely agree with you but images are not all thing in a website. As per my opinion Joomla is just the best ever CMS. It beats Drupal and WP both. Quote

posted by Raimondas on 2009-03-26 very simple but interesting comparison http://www.Lithuanianjoomla.COM Quote

We use both Joomla and Wordpress extensively posted by Bobby on 2009-07-12 Joomla and Wordpress shouldn't be compared - it's an apples to oranges comparison. Wordpress was designed as a blog tool, where Joomla is a full-fledged content management system. Notice how Joomla doesn't make a good blog? We analyze our customers' needs on a site-by-site basis and determine at that point whether Joomla or Wordpress is the appropriate path. http://www.newmediafl.com Quote

posted by Rick on 2009-12-29 "anyone with content submission/editing permissions can simply log into the front end of a site, be shown the edit button [or submit new content] and make changes live to the site." So do you mean Wordpress or Joomla? I always thought you could post in the front end with Wordpress but NOT in Joomla. I have never been able to figure out how to post in the front end of Joomla. I can edit existing articles but have never seen an edit button [or submit new content]. Could somebody please explain? Quote

Butteryweb posted by Butteryweb on 2010-03-01 I totally have sway fully to Wordpress nowadays. Joomla is just too bloated and really user un-friendly in terms of adding a page, menu links or adding a blog post. Wordpress is just so easy. Quote

posted by Anonymous on 2010-06-03 Thanks for information! Quote

posted by elmalak on 2010-06-09 I have a very good Wordpress background, however, when I first used Joomla I saw some obvious merits that makes it beat Wordpress in some aspects, which I have compiled in this article, http://www.elmalak.info/joomla-beats-wordpress/ So, each has its own strong point, and I believe Wordpress is a lot more thank just a blogging platform today. thanks, Quote

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