Drupal | WordPress | |
Reputation | Excellent | Excellent |
Single/Group blog/site | Single or Group Blog but with better User Management | Single person or Group users |
Ease of use | Little complex at first | Very Easy to use |
Admin Interface | Little complex at first | Very Easy to use |
Extensibility | Excellent | Not so Good |
Blocks | Unlimited blocks and very flexible and extendable | Limited block placement without hacking |
Future growth | Can be accounted for very easily due to its vast features | Limited compared to Drupal. |
Customized Design | If page design is important to you , you want to choose Drupal | Can customize design but with limitations |
Creating content | Easy. But image support is not as good, but can be done with installing TinyMCE or FCKEditor | Very easy. Images can be easily added to the blog |
Managing comments and spam | Excellent | Good |
Contributed modules | Huge, Many features available | Huge, Many features available |
Mulitiple uses | Yes. Drupal is CMS , Blogging is just one of the features of Drupal | Mainly a blog Engine. |
Themes | Many themes, but not as much as wordpress | A very huge collection of FREE themes. |
When to use Drupal:
v When you want to start with blog and want to extend your website in future
v When you want Group or community building
v You want control and managebility
When to use Wordpress:
v If you want ease of use and Navigation and easy to learn.
v You are only building a single blog with basic features.
v You do not plan to expand your blog into a websites
