CMS Comparison: Joomla vs. Drupal vs. WordPress

[fthis1234567]

in order of worst peice of shiiit, starting with the worst piece of shiiit:

JOOMLA

DRUPAL

WORDPRESS is awesome compared to these two. And the best to use for websites is offcourse mvc frameworks like codeignitor,zend, your own.

and fcuk JOOMLA.

[ferideluxx]

great video, thanks

[gabssnake]

joomla = windows, drupal = linux, wordpress = mac

[aledrees2]

@gabssnake

LMAO - What the hell are you talking about.

It depends upon the project build not the developer's OS. Guess I must have imagined those wordpress sites I developed on a windows OS and served on a windows server and view with Internet Explorer.

it depends upon the project requirements not the OS/

[aledrees2]

@aledrees2

AND using a WAMP development enviroment on the local host.

[renegaed]

@aledrees2 dude he was being figurative. his comparison makes perfect sense to me and I'm a developer.

[gabssnake]

@renegaed yep

[gabssnake]

@aledrees2 it was a joke on each CMS community perception... naturally these CMS have no real relation with a particular OS... Sorry you took it literally.

[Fishbowl4QB]

Thanks for the great information. It seems like some of it is a little out of date but that makes sense since the video was uploaded in late 2010.

[FiniteHelp]

You must not be a developer. You just made it sound like you can't use code or write your own Javascript in Wordpress. You most certainly can do any kind of coding you want to inside Wordpress. Yes there are so many amazing plugins available that you usually won't have to, that's what's great about Wordpress. But that was misleading. WP makes it extremely easy to write your scripts it even comes with the latest version of JQuery. Another thing, WP makes an awesome e-commerce site with ease.

[alexandrecsu]

witch is the best, for custom design and S.E.O.?

[muttamutta]

@alexandrecsu Depends on what kind of solutions you want to deliver. I like to offer an extendible solution that can be scaled to customer need, so I go with Drupal (since coding isnt a problem for me). If I would be satisfied with delivering simple solutions and only focus on design and basic functionality then wordpress would be fine.

Try to install MS Webmatrix and do a setup with the CMSes. You will see that Drupal is the most difficult to master as an admin, but it's oh so rewarding later.

[alexandrecsu]

@muttamutta thank you verry much for your advice I just instaled drupal , beacuse wordpress or jmoola is just not enough for me.

[muttamutta]

@alexandrecsu Glad to be of any help. Whatever meets the customer needs...

[ANDiTKO]

FInally someone who can i agree with.

Things are simple:

If you are building a simple site for blog, page and maybe some custom post types then go with Wordpress.

If you want to build complex website and you are good php developer and have time to spend go with Drupal

Just want to say that im a long Joomla developer and im switching to Wordpress and Drupal. Wordpress 3 is a very powerful CMS (not like the old wp 2 versions). Drupal = Power but time consuming to build it how you like.

[TwistedAsFuck1]

what about dreamweaver

[djausk]

@TwistedAsFuck1 DW can be a bitch when it comes to tons of pages on a homepage, where it also can get to adding too much "crap" into it. Don't get me wrong, I like DW but when it comes to "high end" homepages there are better options, like Joomla or Drupal. :)

[Trailgamers]

I will have to disagree with you. I've tried both Drupal and Joomla and when I first started Joomla and installed it I was shocked at how difficult and confusing it was to me. I would like to understand Joomla as well as I do with Drupal wich I figured out after a few youtube vid's. Anyone has any links to usefull tutorials or other usefull information for Joomla? Thanks

[saik0pod]

Alright my opinion is Joomla is more comfortable for me. I've used Joomla for many years, and to me it's the #1 CMS I would ever use for a website.

[AkramPropheci]

hey man im a IT techinician but i never heard of this whats this all about?

[halflifeproductionz]

@AkramPropheci content management systems for web admins/users.

[BenjaminMJ]

@AkramPropheci lol

[AkramPropheci]

@BenjaminMJ suck a ball

[BenjaminMJ]

@AkramPropheci hah! 1) that you dont know as an it-tech is a fail. 2) that you dont just find out by googling it, is a fail - because it's the easiest and simplest thing ever. so a double fail, really. It's you who's sucking the balls.

[AdimLee]

Drupal can be easy to use just as WordPress.

[ujjain5]

I like your video btw, although I find Wordpress by far the easiest CMS. A first time in Wordpress admin and it's all so natural. Joomla a bit harder. Drupal I found a bit easier to find a basic way around.

Unfortunately I started instaling plugins with Drupal and the site got extremely slow, 3/4 seconds per page-view and even without plugins, the admin is horribly slow and the normal site pretty slow too.

Anyway, I feel it should be Joomla vs Wordpress vs Drupal vs Webdevelopment Framework.

[ujjain5]

Wordpress is by faaarrrr the most popular CMS. I like it personally also very much, because it's so simple and so powerful.

I have worked with Joomla and Drupal too, but I didn't find it much easier with them to have custom features. That's why I use Wordpress and a webdev framework. Custom features with CMS'es are a pain. CMS=Little flexibility.

Downloads Per Week in 2010

Wordpress 983,625

Joomla! 113,836

Drupal 33,671

What Are Most Sites Running On?

WordPress 12.9%

Joomla! 2.5%

Drupal 1.4%

[iezzzwan]

wordpress will take over soon so many developments on it at i see it getting more and more powerful

[yahmana]

I tried joomla, it crashes many times, I gave up on it

[kd0afk]

the last time I had to code in drupal was....oh wait, I've NEVER had to write any code in drupal.

[4raise]

I am using Joomla for years, and:

1. Has a thousans of tricks that you have to know,

2. Very powerfull,

3. Great extensions directory,

4. Configure your CMS in a way that the customer uses just articles, and it will become very user friendly,

5. Needs to make security mesures after installing it.

I saw that wordpress is so easy to administer but, it looks less powerfull than Joomla.

Anyway, great video!

[SrTuX]

this video was uploaded the day of my birthday! :D

[mahatmaheil]

I like Textpattern the best for a simple blog website. But I'm a designer. If you have no talent, use Wordpress for a simple site.

[alinouman222]

i like joomla

[VolcanicDrum]

Absolutely the best video on the subject, surprisingly fair! thank you, thank you.

saved me a lot of time.

[datingwomensex]

Great review. I like Wordpress for getting started and Joomla for full fledged site.

[SurfingFriendly]

Super! Saved me ages of time! Thanks!

[denverchance]

great, thanks :-)



[shakaama]

wordpress is not a cms. wordpress is a blogging program. it does use php to dynamically log in and post new content, it is not a pure cms.

[Digitmann]

Well said. Thanks for taking the time.

[afabbro]

Really nice explanation and comparison. A well-spent 9 minutes.

[exzcalibur]

great job in explaining, thank you

[musicspinner]

Thanks for explaining this! Really well done.

[mangoswiss]

I run a web development company where we use Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and Ruby on Rails apps. This was a great summary and good to see without any bias creeping in. All good but for different reasons!

[mangoswiss]

If you're looking at e-commerce then go for Magento but make sure you have a dedicated machine or a very generous Virtual Sever. Magento is heavy and I mean HEAVY on the CPU. Virtuemart isn't for a grown up e-commerce site.

[Rijads]

drupal - sets you free!

drupal 4ever.

[UniqueGaKaSerpente]

WP 4me the best

is more security than joomla

& Drupal is so hard to use :)

4 me the best ranking is this :

1) Wordpress

2) Joomla

3) Drupal

This is my opinion if u like it plz Rate :)

[jasonthedeveloper1]

I've developed hundreds of websites and love all three. Having said that, I have to say that you're selling Wordpress really short. With properly scripted plugins and just a bit of knowledge (tutorials are everywhere), Wordpress is much more than a blogging platform. Also, I'm not sure what you meant with the shopping cart comment, as shopping carts for Wordpress are numerous.

Other than that, great video. I'm subscribing right after I post this. :)

[sendtogeorgel]

@jasonthedeveloper1 Can wordpress do multi-user e-commerce, like e-malls, ebay etc?

[prosser1957]

Many thanks for this - very useful. I am looking around at the moment and your video has given me more confidence (questions to ask what to look for etc.) - I like your references as well. I understand that Drupal7 is designed to be a bit of game changer for Drupal and so am not sure if that will affect your advice?

[BetoStockholm]

Everyone has different operation, I personally have used the 3 CMS and stay with joomla. Long live Joomla!

[BetoStockholm]

Todos tienen diferente funcionamiento, personalmente he podido utilizar los 3 CMS y me quedo con joomla. Larga vida a joomla!