Drupal vs WordPress

Talk at Drupal North East 28-09-2011

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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%
5. COMMUNITY
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 08 December 2010 27 January 2011 18 March 2011 07 May 2011 26 June 2011 15 August 2011 Drupal 7 WordPress 3
11. PLUGINS 16,422
12. MODULES 8,689
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 • Site building configuration • Flexibility • Low supply, high demand • Modules • Code quality • Clean core WordPress • Content editing • Usability • Huge developer community • Documentation • Design quality • Core functionality
16. WHAT’S BAD... Drupal • Asset/media manager • Documentation • WYSIWYG • ‘Polished’ modules WordPress • Login API • Views • Page structuring • 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
19. DRUPAL IS
20. WORDPRESS IS...
21. ANY QUESTIONS? @Phill_Brown