Drupal vs WordPress - Speaker Deck

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Drupal vs WordPress The ultimate CMS showdown!

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SAME OLD STUFF • Function based PHP5 • Open source / GPL • Acquia / Automattic • Drupal Gardens / WordPress.com • Multi‐site • Unpronounceable surnames

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JARGON Drupal WordPress Nodes Posts Content types Post types Blocks Widgets Regions Sidebars Modules Plugins

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USAGE Drupal WordPress Websites 500,000 4,500,000 Market share (overall) 6.2% 54.3% Market share (top 10k) 2.6% 5.3%

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COMMUNITY

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FORUM ACTIVITY 996,313 posts 673,485 users 1.48 posts/user

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FORUM ACTIVITY 2,280,217 posts 4,500,000 users (approx) 0.50 posts/user

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DRUPALCON • Twice a year • Mixed locations • 1750 attendees DrupalCon London

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WORDCAMP • Once a year • Official event held in San Francisco • 1000 attendees in 2011

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RELEASES 08 December 2010 27 January 2011 18 March 2011 07 May 2011 26 June 2011 15 August 2011 Drupal 7 WordPress 3

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PLUGINS 16,422

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MODULES 8,689

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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

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PERFORMANCE Drupal WordPress Back end 0.6 0.7 Front end 2.0 1.5

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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

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WHAT’S BAD... Drupal • Asset/media manager • Documentation • WYSIWYG • ‘Polished’ modules WordPress • Login API • Views • Page structuring • Core content structuring

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BEST FOR... • Larger‐scale web apps • Integrating with other systems • Multi‐role sites