Comments on: Drupal vs. WordPress http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress Dan Katz's thoughts on marketing, customer service, woodworking, his baby boy and other musings. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:03:55 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Preston http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4183 Preston Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:50:10 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4183 I think it should be mentioned here that it is in now way accurate to state it takes an experienced drupal developer to theme a site in a week. I can easily accomplish that tasks with drop downs, custom blocks, and truly custom embedded fonts in half a day. I guess it is a matter of experience the real difference is simple. Drupal is a gui to a database, that is extensible and scalable, Wordpress is a kickass blog, but not a CMS. I find the wordpress scene to be primarily comprised of lay users who want plug and play and as a result see less truly custom sites and lots of slightly modified themes. to the public, most would never know the difference, but to the trained eye, you can see the cookie cutter marks all around. i am not a heavy coder myself, but enjoy the additional control allowed by drupal. I think it should be mentioned here that it is in now way accurate to state it takes an experienced drupal developer to theme a site in a week. I can easily accomplish that tasks with drop downs, custom blocks, and truly custom embedded fonts in half a day. I guess it is a matter of experience

the real difference is simple.

Drupal is a gui to a database, that is extensible and scalable, WordPress is a kickass blog, but not a CMS.

I find the wordpress scene to be primarily comprised of lay users who want plug and play and as a result see less truly custom sites and lots of slightly modified themes. to the public, most would never know the difference, but to the trained eye, you can see the cookie cutter marks all around.

i am not a heavy coder myself, but enjoy the additional control allowed by drupal.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4178 Kevin Fri, 14 May 2010 15:46:16 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4178 I love/hate WordPress. It's a great CMS, but hackers love it too. Lately, I have had to purge all my files and re install to clean up hacks only to have the same hack happen again later. I love/hate WordPress. It’s a great CMS, but hackers love it too. Lately, I have had to purge all my files and re install to clean up hacks only to have the same hack happen again later.

]]> By: Galaxcene http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4177 Galaxcene Tue, 11 May 2010 03:23:18 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4177 I would love to try Wordpress out if they have these, or if someone can point me to similar modules of Drupal in Wordpress: Content Templates, Views, Administration Menu, Panels, and Advanced Front Page. These are just a few of my Fav Drupal Modules which I always use whenever someone asks me to create a site for them. I've been searching for WP Plugins on their page but couldn't find anything similar to them... Feel free to point me to great plugins similar to drupal modules noted above...especially "Content Template" and "Views". ty I would love to try WordPress out if they have these, or if someone can point me to similar modules of Drupal in WordPress: Content Templates, Views, Administration Menu, Panels, and Advanced Front Page. These are just a few of my Fav Drupal Modules which I always use whenever someone asks me to create a site for them. I’ve been searching for WP Plugins on their page but couldn’t find anything similar to them…
Feel free to point me to great plugins similar to drupal modules noted above…especially “Content Template” and “Views”. ty

]]> By: twig http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4175 twig Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:14:25 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4175 I'm currently using Drupal for a few sites and I agree that there is alot of work required to get it into a usable state, especially with Drupal's CSS files that are forced into your themes. I've been doing some research into using WordPress for a blog as Drupal's user interface just doesnt cut it for me and this post has helped me make up my mind. Will give it a try, thanks! ps. "mix of PHO, JavaScript and JQuery as minimal requirements for Drupal development" ? Yummy Vietnamese dish =) I’m currently using Drupal for a few sites and I agree that there is alot of work required to get it into a usable state, especially with Drupal’s CSS files that are forced into your themes.

I’ve been doing some research into using WordPress for a blog as Drupal’s user interface just doesnt cut it for me and this post has helped me make up my mind.

Will give it a try, thanks!

ps. “mix of PHO, JavaScript and JQuery as minimal requirements for Drupal development” ?

Yummy Vietnamese dish =)

]]> By: John Sostak http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4162 John Sostak Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:17:36 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4162 We are a really small company, and although I am not a developer, I am involved. We started using wordpress as a cms, and a small site like, http://cfdblaze.com/ is well made and easy to maintain for a marketer, and can be launched in lightning speed. We have built 1 social media site, and one "sports" site, and they could not be done in wp, but from our point of view, we agree 100% with Dan, that small to medium could be done faster with wp. I am looking forward to diving into a drupal job, but we have a curve for development that we must be able to absorb/afford. Can you show me your favorite wordpress site, and your favorite drupal site? Illustrate what is great about each of these platforms for us. Great post, John We are a really small company, and although I am not a developer, I am involved. We started using wordpress as a cms, and a small site like, http://cfdblaze.com/ is well made and easy to maintain for a marketer, and can be launched in lightning speed.

We have built 1 social media site, and one “sports” site, and they could not be done in wp, but from our point of view, we agree 100% with Dan, that small to medium could be done faster with wp.

I am looking forward to diving into a drupal job, but we have a curve for development that we must be able to absorb/afford.

Can you show me your favorite wordpress site, and your favorite drupal site? Illustrate what is great about each of these platforms for us.

Great post, John

]]> By: xx http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4151 xx Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:11:51 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4151 Well, this explains why wordpress sites are hacked so often Well, this explains why wordpress sites are hacked so often

]]> By: Eric http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4150 Eric Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:54:30 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4150 I think you made some good points here and would definitely agree that Wordpress is very simple and easy to use but the one downside to your argument is that small to medium sites will always fit into this category. I'm in the boat that says even if you only plan to have a small website, there might be a need to really expand in the future and you don't want to have to completely revamp your website. And while Drupal is slightly more involved and somewhat more difficult to get up and running, you will learn a lot more about the build of a website which is never a bad thing. Just my 10 cents, great blog post! I think you made some good points here and would definitely agree that WordPress is very simple and easy to use but the one downside to your argument is that small to medium sites will always fit into this category. I’m in the boat that says even if you only plan to have a small website, there might be a need to really expand in the future and you don’t want to have to completely revamp your website. And while Drupal is slightly more involved and somewhat more difficult to get up and running, you will learn a lot more about the build of a website which is never a bad thing. Just my 10 cents, great blog post!

]]> By: Jafar http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-4143 Jafar Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:51:48 +0000 http://www.quis.com/2009/06/01/drupal-vs-wordpress#comment-4143 I really enjoy using Drupal because of it's flexibility. I applaud Wordpress because it has a clean interface and so do many of it's templates. Wordpress and Joomla are good in the beginning, but what happens when you want more control? You have to rely on developers and that's where Drupal's plugins specifically, CCK, Views, Panels, and Image Cache, help solve design and layout needs. Drupal documentation could be better and the jump from Drupal 5 to 6 and now 7 will definitely lessen the attraction to Drupal. However, Drupal is not for every website maker, it's for people that want something customized and don't want to pay for the development side of things. I really enjoy using Drupal because of it’s flexibility. I applaud WordPress because it has a clean interface and so do many of it’s templates. WordPress and Joomla are good in the beginning, but what happens when you want more control? You have to rely on developers and that’s where Drupal’s plugins specifically, CCK, Views, Panels, and Image Cache, help solve design and layout needs.

Drupal documentation could be better and the jump from Drupal 5 to 6 and now 7 will definitely lessen the attraction to Drupal. However, Drupal is not for every website maker, it’s for people that want something customized and don’t want to pay for the development side of things.

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