Comparison Between word press and Joomla

Comparison Between word press and Joomla

Word Press

Word Press is an open source Content Management System (CMS), Which allow the user to build websites. Word Press is the popular blogging system on the web that allows managing, updating and customizing website from its back-end Content Management System (CMS).

In Word, Press Customization is easy according to the user’s needs.

Media files can be uploaded easily and quickly in Word Press.

There are many plug-in and templates available in word press.

It offers several SEO tools which make on-site SEO simple

It is very easy to edit the content by using  WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get)

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Figure: the difference between WordPress and Joomla

Using several plug-ins can make the website heavy to load and run.

PHP knowledge is required to make modifications or changes in the Word Press website.

Updating Word Press version leads to loss of data, so a backup copy of the website is required.

It is difficult to Modifying and formatting the graphic images and tables.

Joomla

Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS) which is used to build websites and online applications.It is free and extendable which is separated into front-end templates and back-end templates. Joomla is using PHP, software design patterns, Object Oriented Programming, and MySQL.

  • Joomla is an open source platform and it is available for free.
  • Joomla is easy to install even if you are not an advanced user.
  • Templates are very flexible to use in Joomla.
  • It Provides easy menu creation tool.
  • It is compatible with all browsers.
  • It uses WYSIWYG((What You See Is What You Get) editor. An interface that allows the user to directly manipulate the layout of the document without having a layout command).
comparison of wordpress and joomla
Figure: comparison of WordPress and Joomla
  • Joomla is not much SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly.
  • When you want to change the layout Development is too difficult to handle 
  • Modules and Plug-in are not free in Joomla.
  • While installing several modules it gives compatibility problem.

Comparison of Joomla and word press

Word Press

Joomla

has written primarily in PHP. written primarily in  PHP
content management systems. content management systems.
Simple Ease of use  Medium ease of use
Word Press is a blogging system Yes it can perform blogging needs, but nothing quite like word press.
It’s a great platform for beginners and can grow with you. Beginners might have difficulty with it due to the complexity of its structure.
You can edit the themes in the themes editor. Plus, you can edit each element of the theme. Add child themes, add templates, and modify the CSS, if you wish.

 

You can edit the templates in the template manager

 

support MySQL support MySQL
Generally used for smaller groups/sites Joomla is  scalable

 

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