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How Good is WordPress? 9 WordPress Alternatives

Posted on September 25th, 2007 admin 4 comments

How Good is WordPress? I love it but it is good to keep your eyes open …

I came across this list and it is worth taking a look at and seeing the alternatives.

9 WordPress Alternatives - Mitchelaneous

Drupal - Drupal is a little more of a WordPress on steroids. Lots of goodies and better membership system in place too.

AJAXPress - A little buggy by looking at the demo but will become a better idea once it has had more time to get polished.

Textpattern - Flexable and open source blogging solution - much of the same WordPress look and feel.

Serendipity - This is a PHP-powered weblog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain a weblog or even a complete homepage.

Joomla - Like Drupal, might be too feature rich for the casual blogging fan - but a good engine for in depth web sites or basic blogs.

b2evolution - An old one, but still a good one - and can hold it’s own weight still with the other selections out there.

Simplog - Simple, yet powerful - the name says it all here. You want basics without the fluff - go with Simplog.

Wikiblog - This one tries to mix the blogging and wiki sides of things into an interesting mashup of content creation.

Sblog - Another one similar to WordPress, looks like it is playing catchup too. Once it gets there though, might be worthy competition.

Any other packages to add to the list?

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4 Responses to “How Good is WordPress? 9 WordPress Alternatives”
1. Rainer München September 26th, 2007 at 4:23 am
  
  Just two sentences:
  
  (1) Drupal is much more a complete CMS than a blogging system, I would not consider to take that a Wordpress alternative.
  
  (2) b2evo is more complicated then wordpress - BUT it’s a multi-blogging engine. That means you can run lots of blogs on one DB.
  
  And a last one… when you mention drupal, you should also give plone a chance
  
  cheers
2. admin September 27th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
  
  Rainer, thanks for the comments. I have installed b2evo in the past and it does work well. In fact, I was able to get it running on my account and not WordPress Mu. I have to go try this again.
  
  Thanks,
  S
3. MillionFace January 21st, 2008 at 7:45 pm
  
  The list goes on and on …
  
  nucleus
  movabletype
  Serendipity
  lifetype
  wordpress
4. Glenn September 8th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
  
  Great list..
  I”m a big fan of Joomla for its stability and the available components. I agree that it can be overkill for a simple blog but from my experience those that strt with a simple blog can quickly learn to use all the features of Joomla if they are serious. I”m kind of 50-50 with Joomla and Wordpress right now.
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