Wordpress Vs Joomla as a CMS
I love Wordpress, I honestly do. I have tried Mambo and Jomla in the past but never got to using it extensively. The truth is even with Wordpress, my limited technical knowledge presented a high wall to climb, but I eventually got it.
But how popular is Wordpress, compared to other CMS (Content Management System) like Joomla and Mambo? Some people spit at Wordpress and swear by Joomla, which is “the new Mambo”. While they are all CMS, the way each is used is very different.
My friend Kidino did a study using Google trends, and it sure as hell looks like Joomla is starting to gain incredible popularity.
Right, I am using WordPress for this blog. It’s a great blog software. And for Joomla, it’s more towards portals and content management. Even so, there are people use WordPress for link directories, convert them into full-fledge content management, and more.
See the traffic trends above. You can read the entire post here.
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I feel Wordpress is personal and more of a publishing tool. The best out there and I love it!!
Joomla is a portal tool. Joomla is the best CMS out there in my opinion. The have superb support and the functionality is limitless. Rock solid.
I use both solutions as they are the best of breed. What I use depends on the what the requirements are.
That’s true, they each have their own purpose. With Wordpress, you can also get Joomla-like function but definitely out out of the box. So instead of installing Wordpress and trying your best to make it Joomla, you may as well install Joomla in the first place.
My choice is none of the above, I prefer using the original genuine Perl language for CMS, and therefore I chosen the open source, multilingual Perl CMS from WebAPP.
These are my reasons:
1.) Fastest
2.) Written in genuine Perl and NOT in PHP.
3.) Safe
4.) Stable
5.) Great support
6.) Universal compatible DB system
7.) Cache
8.) System restore
9.) Open source and free
10.) Infinite addon and resources from cpan.org as a small example.
Mustafa
Perl is an almost dead language. Check the usage statistics. “Original” has absolutely nothing to do with “Best”.
Danny, have you been able to use them together with integrated authentication? Any suggestions on how that might be done?
Firstly, I am a Joomla! developer and have been using it as my hobby for the last two years. I also use Wordpress on a daily basis at work to build different websites for clients. I like to think I know a little bit about this topic.
I also very recently rebuilt my entire website in Joomla!, though before it was built in Wordpress. I did this because I was becoming annoyed at the fact that it would take me several hours to add new pages that would look and do what I wanted. Rather than having to create new page templates and css stylesheets, I chose to go with Joomla!
I also found a great article written on the Joomla! site (though it is not biased at all) that points out how Joomla!, Wordpress and Drupal are the top three CMS / Blogging systems out there. Choose any of them and you’re a winner…well, depending on what you want your website to do.
Joomla! is a Content Management system (not a portal, though it could be used as one…) This means that it is used to aggregate a lot of content and put it into a nice form on your website. This includes blogs, magazines, newsletters, articles, knowledge bases, tutorials, forums, and much more.
Wordpress is a blog. That’s it. That’s all that it ever will be succesfully. The code is written sloppily and with every upgrade the system breaks a plugin that has been installed, or a theme that has been custom designed. It’s also extremely dificult to make it do what you want, as I’ve spent many hours trying to do just that. Even something as simple as adding a gallery on a page that links to specific URL’s that you tell it to, and is displayed in a way that is not in the core code can be dificult and tedious to accomplish.
Granted, it’s a wonderful blog if that’s all that you are doing and all you ever want to do. But if you want flexibility…go with Joomla! or even Drupal.
I can understand where you’re coming from, as a developer you may find WordPress too limited for your needs. For the average user though, it’s a great tool to have and use to build better websites.
The only thing is that once you have things exactly as you want. you should not upgrade your WordPress cos then as you said things will just break.
Yeah, you’re definitely right on that. Which is why we use Wordpress at work and for some people I still recommend it. It certainlys beats hand-coding static web pages are using dreamweaver / frontpage to do all of the work and create something messy or that doesn’t work in some browsers.
Unfortunately, when people get the warning that a new version of wordpress is available…they tend to freak and want to get the upgraded version immediately, thinking that their site is going to break if they don’t upgrade. It reminds me of the little girl who was building a tower of legos; every time she found a new piece in the box she would scream “It’s gonna fall! Hurry!” and I would have to rush and put the lego on top before “it fell”.
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Wordpress is a wonderful blog if that’s all that you are doing and all you ever want to do. But if you want flexibility…go with Joomla!…
Interesting viewpoints here. I agree with AnotherGuy on the update warning of WP, althuogh I do love to work with both systems. I actually wrote a Joomla vs Wordpress review myself which is not so much a pro-contra but rather a comparison of features.
Perhaps you are interested in the article?
Here it is: http://www.miracletutorials.com/wordpress-vs-joomla-review/ If you have any comments or suggestions, they are most welcome.
Thanks
john
http://www.yourgolfreview.com
I think this guy used wordpress, it must be a plugin of sorts that is producing the search, this has confused me because this does not look like WP at all and want I want, I use joomla but annoys me sometimes as it does not create a menulink automatically unless you use link to menu item in the article but does not use sub menu items,at this stage, what is the difference between a portal and cms, cms is joomla or wp but portal is not wp.. but there seem to be a lot of plugins for wp , which kind makes it a portal? thanks . I thought wp added menulinks as you made the article, someone in the post seems to think it does not
Hi Russell,
WP does indeed create the menu items automatically when you create a new article. However, that can sometimes be a disadvantage as well. For instance, you want to create a sales page which you only want to show to subscribers of your newsletter. Then you will have to digg into the WP-code to exclude that particular page.
In Joomla, this is easier, but the drawback is indeed that you have to create a menu item for every article.
That said, there are workarounds for Joomla to get automated menu linking, especially when you use the blog layout option.
My idea is that, although I love to work with Wordpress, Joomla is definitely better equipped to create a portal with, because of the sections. You can assign a person to deal with section A, another with section B, etc … These sections can all show up on the home page at the same time. WP doesn’t have that functionality. And yes, you can create complicated workarounds to achieve the same goal in WP, but at the end of the day, you will find that Joomla is in that sense easier to work with, because it is really made for this sort of thing.
I hope this helps?
Well ! The two have their pros and cons but I personally feel joomla to be much better. Although most of the things can be achieved in both of them, sometimes at hand but sometimes rarely. Well ! Joomla is really powerfull in the sense that it have superb integration and compatibity with other softwares. The components like rtbridge, jfusion and mehdiplugins etc can easily take you embed phpbb on your site. Thats just an example but there’s much more in that.
Joomla has the most and the highest level of flexibility ..s far as my experience goes.. I have been using it for 5 months now..at a stretch..without any glitch. There are tonnes of addons, Plugins and modules.The CSS and the templates are very flexible. The SeF module is a rock star. The joomla has just started to grow…
@Anubhav: I actually do not think Joomla is better as such. It just depends what kind of site you have. You have to watch it not to fall in the trap of Mercedes vs BMW argumentation because that is an emotional discussion, not a rational one. Joomla is certainly not the easiest cms to work with and if things go wrong, it can turn into a real nightmare. I often have to jump in
… for clients to install upgrades because they cannot be done with hte push of a button as with WP. BUT again, I love to work with both systems.
I have tried joomla for sometime, i think wp is light and easy to use and it is more personal.
Thanks for such a great review, it really help in deciding which platform to choose.
@Russell “I think this guy used wordpress, it must be a plugin of sorts that is producing the search, this has confused me because this does not look like WP at all and want I want”
Looks like he isn’t going to make any money though. The site is so slow as to be unusable. Oh, look his adsense manager is sucking up all the load time. Nice!
Both appear to have a place in your arsenal! They have different jobs and it’s important to choose the right solution by considering the characteristics and objectives of the website you are building. See my article on Wordpress v Joomla
http://www.mvgsme.co.uk/2010/02/01/wordpress-v-joomla/
The funny thing is people you can do the same thing with Joomla as you can wordpress but, You CANNOT do the same things with wordpress that you can Joomla.
Think about it. Become a master of your own.
GET A CLUE
Since Joomla’s 1.5 version the market has changed. Joomla 1.0 was a terrible CMS. Joomla 1.5 and soon 2.0 is the best around that can be offered.
HUGE DIFFERENCE
between Joomla 1.0 and 1.5.